Gábor Katona (born 1 October 1952) is a retired Hungarian

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er. He won the bronze medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships. He became the Hungarian triple jump champion in 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1983, rivalling with

Henrik Kalocsai Henrik Kalocsai (; 28 November 1940 – 22 May 2012) was a Hungarian athlete who specialized in the triple jump and long jump. He won the gold medal at the 1965 Summer Universiade, the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships a ...

Zoltán Cziffra Zoltán Cziffra (born 10 November 1942 in Keszthely) is a retired Hungarian triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a ...

and

Béla Bakosi Béla Bakosi (born 18 June 1957) is a retired triple jumper from Hungary. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics The 13th European Athletics Championships were hel ...

. He also became Hungarian indoor champion in 1974, 1976, 1978 and 1979. He also competed in the long jump and the triple jump at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. In the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

he became Hungarian champion in 1972 and indoor champion in 1975.

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1952 births Living people Hungarian male long jumpers Hungarian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary Hungarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{hungary-athletics-bio-stub