Endre Kelemen (born 5 December 1947) is a retired Hungarian

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er. He won two medals at the

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, in 1971 and 1975, and competed once at the Olympic Games, in 1976.

Career

He was born in Tura. His international breakthrough came at the 1971 European Indoor Championships in

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. All three medalists jumped 2.17, and Kelemen got the bronze medal on countback. At the 1975 European Indoor Championships, Kelemen won the silver medal with a jump of 2.19 metres. He was two centimetres behind gold medallist

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, but beat

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, Aleksandr Grigoryev, Paul Poaniewa and

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, who all achieved 2.19, on countback. At the 1975 European Indoor Championships, Major only managed a sixteenth place, jumping 2.13 metres. He competed at the

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, but did not reach the final round. Kelemen became Hungarian high jump champion in 1970, 1971, 1974 and 1975, rivalling with Ádám Szepesi and

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. He also became indoor champion in 1974, 1975 and 1976. His personal best jump was 2.23 metres, achieved in 1976.

References

1947 births Living people Hungarian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary People from Tura, Hungary Sportspeople from Pest County 20th-century Hungarian people Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub