Tamás Kiss (born 9 May 1987 in

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) is a Hungarian

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canoeist and marathon canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the

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, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event with teammate

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. Kiss was a last-minute replacement in the Hungarian team for the 2008 Olympics after the sudden death of two-time Olympic champion

György Kolonics György "Kolo" Kolonics (4 June 1972 – 15 July 2008) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics. He also won a record fifteen gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. He die ...

while he was preparing for his fifth Olympics. He teamed up with Kolonics's former partner

a mere one month before the games, and in Beijing, exceeding expectations, the pair finished in third place in the C-2 1000 m final.

Awards and honours

Orders and special awards

* Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Gold Cross (2008)

External links

Sports-reference.com profile
1987 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Hungarian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Veszprém County European Games competitors for Hungary Canoeists at the 2019 European Games Summer World University Games medalists in canoeing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen World Games silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2013 World Games {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub