Arpad Simonyik (born February 23, 1940, in Bečej) is a

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who competed in the mid to late 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event at the

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. Four years later in

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, Simonyik was eliminated in the heats of the K-2 1000 m event and the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event.

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1940 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada People from Bečej Sportspeople from South Bačka District Yugoslav emigrants to Canada {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub