András Szente
András Szente (December 10, 1939 – September 14, 2012) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals at Rome in 1960, earning them in the K-1 4 × 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.
Men's K-2 1000 m medalist ceremony at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius. 2nd: Hungary with András Szente and György Mészáros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 10, 1939 Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 14, 2012 (aged 72) Florida, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Szente also won two silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (K-1 4 × 500 m: 1966, K-4 1000 m: 1958).
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