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István Timár

1940 - 1994

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István Timár-Geng (7 January 1940 – 4 December 1994) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won two medals with a silver in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events. Timár-Geng also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two gold (K-2 10000 m and K-4 10000 m: both 1963), a silver (K-4 10000 m: 1971), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 1970). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. István Timár is the 2,418th most popular athlete (up from 3,087th in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 887th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, István Timár ranks 2,418 out of 6,025. Before him are Miguel Seijas, Gail Devers, Madeline Manning, Nailya Gilyazova, Huang Zhihong, and Martina Schröter. After him are Brian Lewis, Erland Herkenrath, Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Richard Louis Duckett, Joachim Kunz, and Ion Draica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, István Timár ranks 582. Before him are Alexander Almetov, Fontella Bass, William Ferguson, Peter Ryan, Ellie Greenwich, and Otacílio Gonçalves. After him are Mike Melvill, Carole Ann Ford, Tony Bill, John Hagee, Bill Hunter, and Terry Dischinger. Among people deceased in 1994, István Timár ranks 348. Before him are Aldo Donelli, Ralph Miliband, Tip O'Neill, Raymond Scott, Louis Gabrillargues, and Esther Ralston. After him are Mary Washburn, Mark Stevens, Gretchen Fraser, Connie Kay, Einar Haugen, and Henry Banks.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Timár ranks 834 out of 1,077. Before him are Marina Aleksandrova (1982), Norbert Növényi (1957), Tamás Faragó (1952), Mihály Hesz (1943), Zsolt Semjén (1962), and Zoltán Gera (1979). After him are Katinka Hosszú (1989), Tamás Darnyi (1967), Ilona Massey (1910), Zsolt Baumgartner (1981), György Nébald (1956), and Imre Bujdosó (1959).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, István Timár ranks 100. Before him are Ferenc Konrád (1945), Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky (1936), Zoltán Sztanity (1954), István Szívós (1948), István Szívós (1920), and Tamás Wichmann (1948). After him are Ernő Kolczonay (1953), Attila Horváth (1967), Adrián Annus (1973), Balázs Kiss (1972), Attila Ábrahám (1967), and Bertalan Hajtós (1965).

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