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János Urányi

1924 - 1964

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János Urányi (24 June 1924 - 23 May 1964) was a Hungarian sprint canoer. Urányi was born in Balatonboglár and competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956. Urányi also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 10000 m: 1958) and a bronze (K-4 10000 m: 1954). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. János Urányi is the 1,497th most popular athlete (up from 2,244th in 2019), the 701st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 809th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, János Urányi ranks 1,497 out of 6,025. Before him are Martina Hellmann, Miklós Ambrus, Josef Kloimstein, Takashi Ishimoto, Siegfried Brietzke, and Alberto Winkler. After him are Hans Walter, Richard Lawrence, Mads Pedersen, Gábor Novák, Jay Silvester, and Ernst Krebs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, János Urányi ranks 415. Before him are Antoine Cuissard, Lucebert, Faith Domergue, Mira Alečković, Giovanni Saldarini, and Brenda Helser. After him are Branko Kralj, Béla Zsitnik, Ron Moody, Raúl Córdoba, Daniel Akaka, and Gisela May. Among people deceased in 1964, János Urányi ranks 174. Before him are Karl Johan Svensson, Frederick Grace, Diana Wynyard, Carlos Hevia, Eberardo Villalobos, and José María Belauste. After him are James Chapin, Lucky Dube, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Jack Teagarden, Fred Tootell, and Robert Warwick.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, János Urányi ranks 701 out of 1,077. Before him are Sándor Kisfaludy (1772), Tibor Klampár (1953), Vilmos Varjú (1937), Cécile Tormay (1876), Károly Takács (1910), and Miklós Ambrus (1933). After him are Zoltán Ribli (1951), Valentine Telegdi (1922), Gábor Novák (1934), Béla Zsitnik (1924), Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (1931), and József Szájer (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, János Urányi ranks 64. Before him are József Várszegi (1910), Géza Csapó (1950), Gábor Benedek (1927), Vilmos Varjú (1937), Károly Takács (1910), and Miklós Ambrus (1933). After him are Gábor Novák (1934), Béla Zsitnik (1924), Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (1931), Péter Baczakó (1951), Árpád Bárány (1931), and József Kovács (1926).

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