László Fábián (10 July 1936 in
Budapest
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– 10 August 2018) was a
Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 10000 m at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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in
Melbourne
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. He was
Jewish
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.
Fábián also won five medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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with four golds (K-2 10000 m:
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
,
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
,
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
; K-4 10000 m: 1963) and one silver (K-4 10000 m: 1966).
See also
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List of select Jewish canoeists
References
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1936 births
2018 deaths
Canoeists from Budapest
Jewish Hungarian sportspeople
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people
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