János Urányi
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1956 Melbourne | K-2 10000 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1958 Prague | K-2 10000 m |
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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[]
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- 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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