János_Urányi

János Urányi

János Urányi

Hungarian canoeist

The native form of this personal name is Urányi János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Urányi (24 June 1924 - 23 May 1964) was a Hungarian sprint canoer.

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Urányi was born in Balatonboglár and competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.

Urányi also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 10000 m: 1958) and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1954).

He died in Budapest, aged 39.

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "János Urányi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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