György Mészáros

György Mészáros

Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius. 2nd: Hungary with András Szente and György Mészáros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński.
Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	April 30, 1933 Budapest, Hungary
Died	September 14, 2015 (aged 82)
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Olympic Games 1960 Rome K-1 4 × 500 m 1960 Rome K-2 1000 m World Championships 1954 Mâcon K-2 1000 m 1958 Prague K-1 4 × 500 m 1958 Prague K-4 1000 m 1971 Belgrade K-4 10000 m 1954 Mâcon K-4 10000 m

György Mészáros (April 30, 1933 – September 14, 2015) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals at Rome in 1960, earning them in the K-1 4 × 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.^[1]

Mészáros also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 1000 m: 1954), three silvers (K-1 4 × 500 m: 1958, K-4 1000 m: 1958, K-4 10000 m: 1971), and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1954).

His daughter Erika won two Olympic canoeing medals of her own in the women's K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.

References

1. "Elhunyt az olimpiai ezüstérmes kajakos, Mészáros György". xlsport.hu.

External links

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. p. 495.