Károly Kobulszky (; sk, Karol Kobulszky; 28 September 1887 – 31 December 1970) was a Hungarian

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and postal clerk.

Career

Born in

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(Prešov), Kobulszky began his career in 1904 by local club Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egylet, where he remained until 1910. Generally competing in throwing events (discus throw, shot put), he was also 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). In 1910 Kobulszky switched to

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, the club of the Hungarian Post, in their color he won his first

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title in the discus throw event. In 1912 he made it to the

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, where he finished nineteenth in the discus throw competition and eighteenth in the two handed discus throw event. From 1917 to 1923 Kobulszky competed for

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, 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 both the discus throw and shot put team of Magyar AC that won the gold medal at the 1919 Hungarian Athletics Championships. Kobulszky died in

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and was buried at the Farkasréti Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobulszky, Karoly 1887 births 1970 deaths Sportspeople from Prešov Hungarians in Slovakia Hungarian male discus throwers Hungarian male shot putters Hungarian men's footballers Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics 1. FC Tatran Prešov players Burials at Farkasréti Cemetery Men's association football players not categorized by position