Andor Elbert (October 29, 1934 – May 27, 2014) was born in

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and later immigrated to Canada after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and became a

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sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1960s. He finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m event at the

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. Partner was Fred Heese. He founded Mosomedve Laundromat in Hungary in 2004. He died on 27th May 2014 in Novato,

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, USA.

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1934 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 2014 deaths Olympic canoeists for Canada 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub