István Mészáros (30 April 1933 – 6 May 1994) was a Hungarian

sprint canoeist 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 mid-1950s. He won two medals 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 ...

Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as M� ...

with a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 10000 m events.

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Biography of István Mészáros
1933 births 1994 deaths Hungarian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub