Gábor Takács (2 October 1959 – 4 May 2007) was a Hungarian

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed in the late 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-4 1000 m event at the

1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. Men's C-4 500 m and ...

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

. Takács also finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m event at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul.

References

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Gábor Takács' profile at Sports Reference.com
1959 births 2007 deaths Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Hungary ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub