György Mészáros (30 April 1933 – 14 September 2015) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two

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, he won two silver medals at

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, earning them in the K-1 4 × 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events. Mészáros also won five medals at the

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with a gold (K-2 1000 m:

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), three silvers (K-1 4 × 500 m: 1958, K-4 1000 m: 1958, K-4 10000 m:

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), and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1954). His daughter Erika won two Olympic canoeing medals of her own in the women's K-4 500 m event with a gold in

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and a silver in

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References

Sources

* * *Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press. p. 495.

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* * * 1933 births Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists 2015 deaths Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Canoeists from Budapest {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub