György Mészáros

Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius. 2nd: Hungary with András Szente and György Mészáros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński.
Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1933-04-30)30 April 1933 Budapest, Hungary
Died	14 September 2015(2015-09-14) (aged 82)
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1960 Rome K-1 4 × 500 m 1960 Rome K-2 1000 m World Championships 1954 Mâcon K-2 1000 m 1958 Prague K-1 4 × 500 m 1958 Prague K-4 1000 m 1971 Belgrade K-4 10000 m 1954 Mâcon K-4 10000 m

György Mészáros (30 April 1933 – 14 September 2015) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals at Rome in 1960, earning them in the K-1 4 × 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.^[1][2]

Mészáros also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 1000 m: 1954), three silvers (K-1 4 × 500 m: 1958, K-4 1000 m: 1958, K-4 10000 m: 1971), and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1954).

His daughter Erika won two Olympic canoeing medals of her own in the women's K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.

References

Sources

• 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)
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. p. 495.

External links

• György Meszaros at Olympics.com
• György Mészáros at Olympedia
• Mészáros György at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)