Elemér Somfay

The native form of this personal name is Somfay Elemér. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Elemér Somfay (28 August 1898 – 15 May 1979) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Elemér Somfay

Personal information
Born	(1898-08-28)28 August 1898 Budapest, Hungary
Died	15 May 1979(1979-05-15) (aged 80) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Pentathlon, modern pentathlon
Club	Magyar AK/Ludovika Akadémia Sportegyesület
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1924 Paris Pentathlon

Career

Somfay competed for a Hungary at the 1924 Olympic Games held in Paris, France, in the Pentathlon, where he won the silver medal.^[2][3]

The following year Somfay won the British AAA Championships title in the triple jump event at the 1925 AAA Championships.^[4][5] Somfay finished third behind Willem Peters at the 1927 AAA Championships.^[6][7][8]

He later competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics.^[3]