Tibor Tatai (born August 4, 1944) is 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 1960s and early 1970s. He won the gold medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in Mexico City. Tatai also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in

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and a silver in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

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1944 births Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian people