Ferenc Csipes

Ferenc Csipes

Medal record
Men’s canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	K-4 1000 m
	1992 Barcelona	K-4 1000 m
	1996 Atlanta	K-4 1000 m
	1988 Seoul	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	1985 Mechelen	K-1 1000 m
	1986 Montreal	K-1 10000 m
	1986 Montreal	K-4 1000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-2 500 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-4 1000 m
	1989 Plovdiv	K-4 1000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-4 1000 m
	1991 Paris	K-4 1000 m
	1986 Montreal	K-1 1000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-1 1000 m
	1989 Plovdiv	K-4 10000 m
	1991 Paris	K-1 1000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-2 10000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-4 500 m
	1991 Paris	K-2 500 m
	1994 Mexico City	K-4 500 m

Ferenc Csipes (born March 8, 1965 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1985 to 1996. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (1988: K-4 1000 m), two silvers (1992, 1996: both K-4 1000 m), and one bronze (1988: K-2 500 m).

Csipes also won sixteen ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals with eight golds (K-1 1000 m: 1985, K-1 10000 m: 1986, K-2 500 m: 1987, K-4 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991), four silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1991; K-4 10000 m: 1989), and four bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1990, 1994; K-2 10000 m: 1987).

Awards

• Hungarian kayaker of the Year (4): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991
• Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic – Order of Stars (1988)
• Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (1992)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1996)
• Hungarian Coach of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 2011
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
• Papp László Budapest Sport awards (2012)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

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. "Ferenc Csipes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.