Tibor Tatai
Encyclopedia
Tibor Tatai is a Hungarian
sprint canoer
who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the gold medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
in Mexico City
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Tatai also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in 1970 and a silver in 1971.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
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who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the gold medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
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Tatai also won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in 1970 and a silver in 1971.