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Imre Farkas

1935 - 2020

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András Kassai-Farkas, better known as Imre Farkas (23 June 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was Jewish. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals, earning one in 1956 (C-2 10000 m) and one in 1960 (C-2 1000 m) with András Törő. He also won two Hungarian championships with József Hunics in 1956 and 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Imre Farkas is the 1,830th most popular athlete (up from 2,163rd in 2024), the 758th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 800th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Imre Farkas ranks 1,830 out of 6,025. Before him are Kenjiro Shinozuka, Gunnar Åkerlund, Ron Freeman, Tatyana Talysheva, Markus Rühl, and Franz Keller. After him are Valentina Yegorova, Sheila Lerwill, Ardalion Ignatyev, Joshua Cheptegei, Ferenc Török, and Elemér Somfay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Imre Farkas ranks 469. Before him are Charles Sheffield, Judy Parfitt, Leonid Potapov, Óscar Chávez, Phil Donahue, and Mitsuo Ikeda. After him are Ferenc Török, Carol Shields, Ronald Pettersson, Massimo Natili, Esther Phillips, and Don McCullin. Among people deceased in 2020, Imre Farkas ranks 661. Before him are Harold Budd, Gilberto Penayo, Lynn Harrell, Hennadiy Kernes, Jimmy Heath, and Denis Goldberg. After him are Pavol Biroš, Carlos Contreras, Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, John Prine, Jan Halvarsson, and Paul Nihill.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Imre Farkas ranks 758 out of 1,077. Before him are Péter Magyar (1981), Attila Csihar (1971), Leslie Valiant (1949), Géza Gulyás (1931), Gyula Kakas (1878), and György Bessenyei (1747). After him are Ferenc Török (1935), Elemér Somfay (1898), András Szente (1939), Elemér Szathmáry (1926), Violetta Ferrari (1930), and Ferenc Kocsis (1953).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Imre Farkas ranks 79. Before him are Róbert Antal (1921), Antal Kiss (1935), Dániel Magay (1932), Ferenc Németh (1936), Pál Simon (1881), and György Gedó (1949). After him are Ferenc Török (1935), Elemér Somfay (1898), András Szente (1939), Endre Tilli (1922), László Fábián (1936), and Ambrus Nagy (1927).

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