Penait Călcâi

{{short description|Romanian sports shooter}}

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| name = Penait Călcâi

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|7|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Focșani, Romania{{cite news | title=Karannut ampuja Calcai paljastaa Romanian olympiamiehet ammattilaisiksi | newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat | date=2 October 1952 | page=10 | url=https://www.hs.fi/lehti/hsarchive/1952-10-02/10 | language=Finnish | url-access=subscription}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|4|4|1924|7|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Centerville, Ohio, U.S.

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| sport = Sports shooting

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Penait Călcâi (8 July 1924 – 4 April 1976) was a Romanian sports shooter, educated electric engineer. He competed in the 25 m pistol event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/43871 |title=Penait Calcai |accessdate=4 May 2022 |work=Olympedia}} He defected to the West after the gamesFindling, John E. & Pelle, Kimberly D.: Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement, pp. 115–116. Greenwood Press, Westport, 1996. {{ISBN|0-313-28477-6}} and was allowed to settle in West-Germany. Călcâi died in Centerville, Ohio on 4 April 1976, at the age of 51.