László Fábián (canoeist)

László Fábián
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1956 MelbourneK-2 10000 m
World Championships
1958 PragueK-2 10000 m
1963 JajceK-2 10000 m
1958 JajceK-4 10000 m
1966 East BerlinK-2 10000 m
1966 East BerlinK-4 10000 m

László Fábián (10 July 1936 in Budapest – 10 August 2018) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.[1] He won a gold medal in the K-2 10000 m at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He was Jewish.[2]

Fábián also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-2 10000 m: 1958, 1963, 1966; K-4 10000 m: 1963) and one silver (K-4 10000 m: 1966).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kajak-kenu: elhunyt a sportág első magyar olimpiai bajnoka, Fábián László (in Hungarian)
  2. ↑ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press.
  • 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. "László Fábián". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

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