Lajos Kiss

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Lajos Kiss
Personal information
Born22 May 1934
Hungary
Died31 August 2014(2014-08-31) (aged 80)
OccupationCanoe racer
Years active1950-present
Medal record
Men's
canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne K-1 1000 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1958 Prague K-1 4 x 500 m

Lajos Kiss (22 May 1934 – 31 August 2014) was a

sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1]

Kiss also won a silver medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.

References

  1. ^ "Gyász: elhunyt Kiss Lajos olimpiai bronzérmes kajakos" (in Hungarian). nemzetisport.hu. 2 September 2014.