László Fábián (canoeist)

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László Fábián
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	K-2 10000 m
World Championships
	1958 Prague	K-2 10000 m
	1963 Jajce	K-2 10000 m
	1963 Jajce	K-4 10000 m
	1966 East Berlin	K-2 10000 m
	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).

References

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^ 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

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László Fábián at Olympedia (archive)
László Fábián at Olympics.com
László Fábián at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)

v t e Olympic Champions in Men's discontinued kayak events
K-1 10000 metres	1936: Ernst Krebs (GER) 1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE) 1952: Thorvald Strömberg (FIN) 1956: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
K-2 10000 metres	1936: Germany (Paul Wevers and Ludwig Landen) 1948: Sweden (Gunnar Åkerlund and Hans Wetterström) 1952: Finland (Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen) 1956: Hungary (János Urányi and László Fábián)
K-1 10000 metres folding	1936: Gregor Hradetzky (AUT)
K-2 10000 metres folding	1936: Sweden (Sven Johansson and Erik Bladström)
K-1 4x500 metre relay	1960: United Team of Germany (Paul Lange, Günter Perleberg, Friedhelm Wentzke and Dieter Krause)