György Mészáros Explained

Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Date:30 April 1933
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elhunyt az olimpiai ezüstérmes kajakos, Mészáros György . xlsport.hu. 15 September 2015 .
  2. György Mészáros . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203152712/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/gyorgy-meszaros-1.html . 2016-12-03 . dead.