Imre Farkas (canoeist)

The native form of this personal name is Farkas Imre. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

András Kassai-Farkas, better known as Imre Farkas (23 June 1935 – 10 August 2020)^[1] was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was Jewish.^[2] Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals, earning one in 1956 (C-2 10000 m) and one in 1960 (C-2 1000 m) with András Törő.^[3] He also won two Hungarian championships with József Hunics in 1956 and 1957.^[4][5][6]

Imre Farkas

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
	1956 Melbourne	C-2 10000 m
	1960 Rome	C-2 1000 m

See also

• List of select Jewish canoers

References

1. Imre Farkas' obituary (in Hungarian)
2. 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.
3. Elhunyt Kassai-Farkas András, kétszeres olimpiai bronzérmes kenus [András Kassai-Farkas, two-time Olympic bronze medalist canoeist, has passed away] (in Hungarian), 24.hu, 2020, retrieved 13 March 2023
4. Jozsef Hunics 1936-2012 [Jozsef Hunics 1936-2012] (in Hungarian), Tortenelem Kajakkenusport, 2023, retrieved 13 March 2023
5. ELHUNYT KASSAI-FARKAS ANDRÁS [András Kassai-Farkas died] (in Hungarian), punkosdi.hu, 2020, retrieved 13 March 2023
6. GYÁSZ: ELHUNYT KÉTSZERES OLIMPIAI BRONZÉRMES KENUSUNK [MOURNING: OUR TWO-TIME OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST CANOEIST HAS PASSED AWAY] (in Hungarian), fraudi.hu, 2020, retrieved 13 March 2023

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Imre Farkas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06.