Ferenc Varga (3 July 1925 – January 2023) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1950s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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. Varga also won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the

1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mâcon, France. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak even ...

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. Varga died in January 2023, at the age of 97.

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* * 1925 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Hungarian people Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub