Gábor Takács (2 October 1959 – 4 May 2007) was a
Hungarian sprint canoer
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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
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in
Plovdiv
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. Takács also finished seventh in the
C-2 1000 m event at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul
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.
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 for Hungary
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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