Károly Varga (born 28 September 1955 in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

) is a Hungarian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the

50 metre rifle prone 50 meter rifle prone (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event consisting of 60 shots from the prone position with a .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm) caliber rifle. The time limit is ...

event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

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1955 births Living people Hungarian male sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Olympic shooters for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sport shooters from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian people