| Medal record | ||
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| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  Hungary
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1956 Melbourne | K-2 10000 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1958 Prague | K-2 10000 m |
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1963 Jajce | K-2 10000 m |
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1963 Jajce | K-4 10000 m |
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1966 East Berlin | K-2 10000 m |
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1966 East Berlin | K-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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Kajak-kenu: elhunyt a sportág első magyar olimpiai bajnoka, Fábián László (in Hungarian)
- ^ 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. ISBN 9781903900888.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "László Fábián". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links[edit]
- László Fábián at Olympedia
- László Fábián at Olympics.com
- László Fábián at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
