Kálmán Sóvári (wrestler)

The native form of this personal name is Sóvári Kálmán. This article uses the Western name order.

Kálmán Sóvári (September 12, 1910 December 18, 1996) was a Hungarian wrestler who competed in two Olympic games in 1936 and 1948. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Men's Freestyle Welterweight, but did not win a medal. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he participated in the same event and placed 5th. He was born in Szombathely and died in Budapest.[1][2]

His son, Kálmán Sóvári played on two FIFA World Cups as a football player.

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