Vilmos Varjú (; 10 June 1937 – 17 February 1994) was a Hungarian

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in 3rd, 13th and 8th place, respectively. Varjú won European titles in 1962 and 1966 and won the British

AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...

title at the 1964 AAA Championships and 1965 AAA Championships.

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* 1937 births 1994 deaths Sportspeople from Gyula Athletes from Békés County Hungarian male shot putters Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Hungarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub