Klára Fried-Bánfalvi Explained

Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (9 May 1931 – 15 July 2009) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.

Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at Rome in 1960. Fried-Bánfalvi also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.

She was Jewish.^[1]

See also

• List of select Jewish canoeists

External links

• • • • • Klára Fried-Bánfalvi's profile at the Hungarian Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. Book: Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Taylor, P.. 2004. Sussex Academic Press. 9781903900888. 229.