Katalin Benkő (12 May 1941 – 16 March 2023) 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 to late 1960s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the
1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course o ...
in
East Berlin
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.
Benkö also finished seventh in the
K-2 500 m event at the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
in
Tokyo
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.
Benkő died in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
on 16 March 2023, at the age of 81.
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Sports-reference.com profile
1941 births
2023 deaths
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Hungarian female canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Canoeists from Budapest
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