György Mészáros
 Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius. 2nd: Hungary with András Szente and György Mészáros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 April 1933 Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 September 2015 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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György Mészáros (30 April 1933 – 14 September 2015) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals at Rome in 1960, earning them in the K-1 4 × 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.[1][2]
Mészáros also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 1000 m: 1954), three silvers (K-1 4 × 500 m: 1958, K-4 1000 m: 1958, K-4 10000 m: 1971), and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1954).
His daughter Erika won two Olympic canoeing medals of her own in the women's K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.
References
[edit]- ^ "Elhunyt az olimpiai ezüstérmes kajakos, Mészáros György". xlsport.hu. 15 September 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "György Mészáros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
Sources
[edit]- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. p. 495.
External links
[edit]- György Meszaros at Olympics.com
- György Mészáros at Olympedia
- Mészáros György at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
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