István Szabó (canoeist)

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

István Szabó
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Belgrade K-1 4 x 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1974 Mexico City K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1975 Belgrade K-2 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 1977 Sofia K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 1978 Belgrade K-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico City K-4 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1977 Sofia K-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1979 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1981 Nottingham K-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1983 Tampere K-2 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1985 Mechelen K-2 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Copenhagen K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Belgrade K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Belgrade K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Belgrade K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Belgrade K-2 10000 m

István Szabó (born 15 June 1950) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a silver in 1980 and a bronze in 1976.[1]

Szabó also won sixteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1971, K-2 1000 m: 1974, 1977; K-2 10000 m: 1975, 1978), six silvers (K-2 1000 m: 1979, K-2 10000 m: 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, K-4 10000 m: 1974), and five bronzes (K-2 1000 m: 1978, K-2 10000 m: 1982, K-4 1000 m: 1970, 1971, 1975).[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "István Szabó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011.
  2. ^ Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.


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