Géza Csapó

The native form of this personal name is Csapó Géza. This article uses the Western name order.
Svidró and Csapó (r.) (1971)
Géza Csapó
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal K-1 1000 m
1972 Munich K-1 1000 m
World Championships
1971 Belgrade K-1 4 x 500 m
1973 Tampere K-1 500 m
1973 Tampere K-1 1000 m
1973 Tampere K-2 10000 m
1974 Mexico City K-1 1000 m
1975 Belgrade K-1 500 m
1973 Tampere K-1 4 x 500 m
1974 Mexico City K-1 500 m
1970 Copenhagen K-1 4 x 500 m
1971 Belgrade K-4 1000 m
1977 Sofia K-2 500 m

Géza Csapó (born December 29, 1950) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in K-1 1000 m event with a silver in 1976 and a bronze in 1972.

Csapó also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-1 500 m: 1973, 1975; K-1 1000 m: 1973, 1974; K-1 4 x 500 m: 1971, K-2 10000 m: 1973), two silvers (K-1 500 m: 1973, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1973), and three bronzes (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1970, K-2 500 m: 1977, K-4 1000 m: 1971).

He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1973 after winning three gold medals at that year's World Championships.

References

Awards
Preceded by
András Balczó		 Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
1973 		Succeeded by
Zoltán Magyar


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