Lajos Kiss
Lajos Kiss (22 May 1934 – 31 August 2014) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1]
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| Born | 22 May 1934 Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 August 2014 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Canoe racer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1950-present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kiss also won a silver medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.
References
- "Gyász: elhunyt Kiss Lajos olimpiai bronzérmes kajakos" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. 2 September 2014.
- 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)
- Sports-reference.com profile
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