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Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (9 May 1931 – 15 July 2009) was a Hungarian
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who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Competing in two
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, she won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at
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. Fried-Bánfalvi also won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event 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 ...
in
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. She was Jewish.


See also

* List of select Jewish canoeists


References


External links

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Klára Fried-Bánfalvi's profile at the Hungarian Olympic Committee
1931 births 2009 deaths Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Hungarian female canoeists Olympic canoeists of Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing Jewish Hungarian sportspeople ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub