László Szabó (2 November 1953 – August 2016) 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 late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m at the
1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany.
The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak.
This was the f ...
in
Duisburg
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. Szabó also finished eighth in the
K-2 500 m event at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
in
Moscow
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László Szabó's profile at Sports Reference.comLászló Szabó's obituary
1953 births
2016 deaths
Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
20th-century Hungarian people
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