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János Urányi

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János Urányi
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne K-2 10000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Prague K-2 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Mâcon K-4 10000 m

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

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

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  • 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.