István Timár

István Timár

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	K-2 1000 m
	1968 Mexico City	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	1963 Jajce	K-2 10000 m
	1963 Jajce	K-4 10000 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-4 10000 m
	1970 Copenhagen	K-4 1000 m

István Timár-Geng (January 7, 1940 – December 4, 1994) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won two medals with a silver in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events.

Timár-Geng also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two gold (K-2 10000 m and K-4 10000 m: both 1963), a silver (K-4 10000 m: 1971), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 1970).

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. "István Timár". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08.