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{{Short description|Hungarian javelin thrower (1934–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Kulcsár Gergely (crop).jpg
| image_size = 260px
| caption = Kulcsár in 2013
| birth_date = 10 March 1934
| birth_place = [[Nagyhalász]], Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|12|1934|3|10|df=yes}}<ref name="Obituary">[http://olimpia.hu/kiemelt-hirek/elhunyt-kulcsar-gergely-ezust-es-ketszeres-bronzermes-gerelyhajito Gergely Kulcsár's obituary] {{in lang|hu}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Vác]], Hungary
| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport = Javelin throw
| club = Építők SC, Budapest <br> TFSE, Budapest
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | {{HUN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Javelin]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] | [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Javelin]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Javelin]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1958 European Championships in Athletics|1958 Stockholm]] | [[1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw|Javelin]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1966 European Championships in Athletics|1966 Budapest]] | [[1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw|Javelin]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1961 Summer Universiade|1961 Sofia]] | Javelin}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1959 Summer Universiade|1959 Turin]] | Javelin}}
}}

'''Gergely Kulcsár''' (10 March 1934 – 12 August 2020) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[javelin throw]]er. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals, in 1960 and 1968, and a silver medal in 1964.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/gergely-kulcsar-1.html |title=Gergely Kulcsár|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121012249/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/gergely-kulcsar-1.html |archivedate=21 January 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> He was the [[List of flag bearers for Hungary at the Olympics|Olympic flag bearer for Hungary]] in 1964, 1968, and 1972.

Kulcsár was the first Hungarian to throw over 80 meters and won the national title eight times. Between 1975 and 1980 he was the coach of the Hungarian national throwing team. His trainees included [[Miklós Németh (athlete)|Miklós Németh]], a 1976 Olympic champion. From 1981 to 1993 he coached the national throwing team of [[Kuwait]].

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Gergely Kulcsár}}
* {{Olympedia|71213}}
* {{Olympic Channel|gergely-kulcsar|Gergely Kulcsar}}

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[[Category:1934 births]]
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[[Category:Hungarian male javelin throwers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Hungary]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Hungary]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County]]
[[Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century Hungarian people]]
[[Category:Hungarian Athletics Championships winners]]


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