Zoltán Benkő (born 13 June 1983 in
Budapest
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), is a
Hungarian canoe sprint
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 s ...
er who has competed since the mid-2000s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth twice (
K-1 1000 m:
2008
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,
K-2 1000 m:
2004).
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1983 births
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
Canoeists from Budapest
21st-century Hungarian people
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