István Timár-Geng (7 January 1940 – 4 December 1994) was a Hungarian

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. At the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

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, he won two medals with a silver in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events. Timár-Geng also won four medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...

with two gold (K-2 10000 m and K-4 10000 m: both

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), a silver (K-4 10000 m:

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), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m:

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* * 1940 births 1994 deaths Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub