Zsolt Kontra (born August 23, 1955, in

Sopron Sopron (; german: Ödenburg, ; sl, Šopron) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő. History Ancient times-13th century When the area that is today Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire, a ...

) is a former Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

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and in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. In 1976 he was part of the Hungarian team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored seven goals. Four years later he finished fourth with the Hungarian team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 30 goals.

Awards

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer: 1979

References

1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Sopron Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Tatabánya KC players {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub