József Deme (born 11 December 1951) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

. Deme also won seven medals at the

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with two golds (K-2 1000 m and K-4 1000 m: both

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), two silvers (K-2 500 m: 1973, 1974), and three bronzes (K-2 1000 m:

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, K-4 1000 m: 1974, 1975).

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* * 1951 births Living people Hungarian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Olympic canoeists of Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub