Károly Kobulszky

The native form of this personal name is Kobulszky Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Károly Kobulszky
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born(1887-09-28)28 September 1887
Eperjes, Sáros County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
(now Prešov, Slovakia)
Died31 December 1970(1970-12-31) (aged 83)
Budapest, Hungary
Resting placeFarkasréti Cemetery
OccupationPostal clerk
Sport
CountryHungary
SportDiscus throw, Shot put
ClubEperjesi TVE (1904–10)
Budapesti Postás SE (1910–17)
Magyar AC (1917–23)
Achievements and titles
Personal bestDiscus throw – 42.67 m (1921)[1]
Updated on 7 November 2013

Károly Kobulszky (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkaːroj ˈkobulski]; Slovak: Karol Kobulszky; 28 September 1887 – 31 December 1970)[1] was a Hungarian track and field athlete, footballer and postal clerk.[2][3]

Career

Born in Eperjes (Prešov), Kobulszky began his career in 1904 at a local club Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egylet, where he remained until 1910.[2] Generally competing in throwing events (discus throw, shot put), he was also a member of the Eperjesi TVE football team, with them he won the first edition of the Northern District Championship of the Hungarian league (1907–08).[4]

In 1910 Kobulszky switched to Budapesti Postás SE,[2] the club of the Hungarian Post, in their color he won his first Hungarian Athletics Championships title in the discus throw event. In 1912 he made it to the Olympic Games, where he finished nineteenth in the discus throw competition and eighteenth in the two handed discus throw event.[1]

From 1917 to 1923, Kobulszky competed for Magyar AC,[2] during which period he achieved his biggest results by winning two Hungarian Athletics Championships titles in the discus throw (1919, 1921) and being a member of both the discus throw and shot put team of Magyar AC that won the gold medal at the 1919 Hungarian Athletics Championships.[5]

Kobulszky died in Budapest and was buried at the Farkasréti Cemetery.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Károly Kobulszky Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Károly Kobulszky Biography" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Biographical Lexicon (Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon). Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Károly Kobulszky". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Bajnoki végeredmény: Vidéki bajnokság – Északi kerület 1907/1908" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "Magyar férfi bajnokok atlétikában, dobó számok" (in Hungarian). kerszoft.hu. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  6. ^ "A Farkasréti temető 2003-ban (adattár)". Budapesti Negyed (in Hungarian). 40–42. (11). Budapest: Budapest Főváros Levéltára. ISSN 1217-5846.