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Géza Csapó

1950 - 2022

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Géza Csapó (29 December 1950 – 14 September 2022) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in K-1 1000 m event with a silver in 1976 and a bronze in 1972. Csapó also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-1 500 m: 1973, 1975; K-1 1000 m: 1973, 1974; K-1 4 x 500 m: 1971, K-2 10000 m: 1973), two silvers (K-1 500 m: 1973, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1973), and three bronzes (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1970, K-2 500 m: 1977, K-4 1000 m: 1971). Csapó was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1973 after winning three gold medals at that year's World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Géza Csapó is the 1,454th most popular athlete (up from 1,493rd in 2019), the 690th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 712th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Géza Csapó ranks 1,454 out of 6,025. Before him are Valentin Gavrilov, Leon Rotman, Cornelius Warmerdam, Jörg Drehmel, Ilke Wyludda, and Carl Johnson. After him are Josef Holeček, Frank Fisher, Hilda Strike, John Fenning, Dave Power, and Salvatore Morale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Géza Csapó ranks 489. Before him are Theo Custers, Joseph Paul Franklin, Willie Colón, Bertrand Meyer, Yuri Shchekochikhin, and Roland Andersson. After him are Han Berger, Hugo Hovenkamp, Patty Murray, Chris Taylor, Shahram Nazeri, and Klaus Wunder. Among people deceased in 2022, Géza Csapó ranks 484. Before him are Michel Deguy, Aleksandr Gorshkov, John Emery, Leonid Shvartsman, Anita Gradin, and Abuzed Omar Dorda. After him are Manuel Göttsching, Pietro Citati, Henry Lincoln, Horacio Accavallo, Janusz Kupcewicz, and Wilson Kiprugut.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Géza Csapó ranks 690 out of 1,077. Before him are László Jeney (1923), Ferenc Seres (1945), József Bajza (1804), József Várszegi (1910), Olga Tass (1929), and Rudolf Illovszky (1922). After him are Lőrinc Szabó (1900), Gábor Benedek (1927), Hilda Gobbi (1913), Victor Basch (1863), Sándor Kisfaludy (1772), and Tibor Klampár (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Géza Csapó ranks 59. Before him are Paula Marosi (1936), Kálmán Markovits (1931), Bertalan Papp (1913), Zoltán Nemere (1942), László Jeney (1923), and József Várszegi (1910). After him are Gábor Benedek (1927), Vilmos Varjú (1937), Károly Takács (1910), Miklós Ambrus (1933), János Urányi (1924), and Gábor Novák (1934).

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