György Mészáros
György Mészáros (30 April 1933 – 14 September 2015) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist 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. 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).
György Mészáros
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- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Born
- 30 April 1933
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
- Died
- 14 September 2015
- Occupation
- kayaker · coach · architect
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György Mészáros (30 April 1933 – 14 September 2015) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist 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. 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).
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• Nationality — Hungarian • Born — 30 April 1933 • Birthplace — Budapest, Hungary • Died — 14 September 2015 • Medal Templates — Men's canoe sprint Olympic Games World Championships 1954 Mâcon 1958 Prague 1958 Prague 1971 Belgrade 1954 Mâcon
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According to entries in the English Wikipedia biographical documentation, Mészáros was born in Budapest in 1933 and died in Budapest in 2015, with his exact life dates established as 30 April 1933 to 14 September 2015. His recorded citizenship throughout his life was Hungarian, and his primary recorded working language was Hungarian. While his athletic progression is recorded in detail, the specific academic institutions where he trained in architecture and the precise parameters of his architectural practice remain unrecorded in the primary institutional entries consulted. The record establishes that his professional activities bridged elite athletic competition and design practice, yet the exact chronologies of his architectural commissions and training under specific masters are not established in the surviving evidence. The Wikidata authority record consolidates these diverse professional roles under his unified institutional entry, preserving his place within twentieth-century Hungarian biographical registers.
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- 1.Elhunyt az olimpiai ezüstérmes kajakos, Mészáros György. xlsport.hu. 15 September 2015.
- 2.György Mészáros.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- 2010-01-05. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
- 2009-11-09. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
- 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.
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