István Vaskuti (born December 4, 1955, in Debrecen) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He participated in two Summer Olympics and won the C-2 500 m event in Moscow in 1980.
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  Hungary
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1980 Moscow | C-2 500 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1977 Sofia | C-2 500 m |
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1978 Belgrade | C-2 500 m |
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1981 Nottingham | C-2 500 m |
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1985 Mechelen | C-2 500 m |
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1986 Montreal | C-2 500 m |
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1986 Montreal | C-2 1000 m |
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1982 Belgrade | C-2 500 m |
Vaskuti also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, including six golds (C-2 500 m: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1986; C-2 1000 m: 1986) and one bronze (C-2 500 m: 1982). After his career as active competitor, he became a canoe coach, achieving success in this role and winning several world and Olympic titles with various renowned canoeists.
He is now a sports administrator and serves as the chairman of the International Canoe Federation Flatwater Committee. Vaskuti was the Chief Official at the 2006 World Championships, held in the Hungarian city of Szeged. In 2008, he was elected First Vice President of the ICF at their Congress in Rome.
References
edit- ICF 2008 ICF Congress report in Rome, including Vaskuti's appointment. - accessed November 30, 2008.
- 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. "István Vaskuti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
External links
edit- István Vaskuti at Olympedia
- István Vaskuti at Olympics.com
- István Vaskuti at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
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