Igor Lipalit
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
BornJanuary 14, 1940
DiedJune 2021
Sport
CountryHungary
Sportcanoe sprint
Event1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships C-2 10000 m (bronze medal)

Igor Lipalit (January 14, 1940 June 2021) was a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce. Competing in two Summer Olympics, Lipalit earned his best finish of fourth in the C-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960, where his C-2 partner was Alexe Dumitru.[1] He was also said to have played a role in recruiting Vasile Dîba to CS Dinamo București, where he became a coach.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. Amprenta, Ziarui (2021), A murit Igor Lipalit, fost antrenor de kaiac canoe, maestru emerit al sportului și cetățean de onoare al comunei Jurilovca [Igor Lipalit, former kayak and canoe coach, emeritus master of sports and honorary citizen of Jurilovca commune, died] (in Romanian), Ziarul Amprenta, retrieved 12 April 2023
  2. Epure, Adrian (2016), Triumful lui Vasile Dîba de la Montréal, o performanţă pe nedrept uitată [The triumph of Vasile Dîba from Montreal, an unjustly forgotten performance: "My padel broke in the first 10 meters!"] (in Romanian), Adevarul.ro, retrieved 12 April 2023
  3. ProSport îți dezvăluie** culisele unui sport de seră [ProSport reveals** behind the scenes of a greenhouse sport] (in Romanian), prosport.ro, 2009, retrieved 12 April 2023
  4. Elmenov, Andrey (2021), Истории из румынского спорта. Липалит Игор - спортсмен и человек. [Stories from Romanian sport. Lipalit Igor - athlete and athlete.] (in Romanian), Radio Romania International, retrieved 12 April 2023
  5. Fenogen, Alexandra (2021), Тренер Игор Липалит [Coach Igor Lipalit] (in Romanian), Radio Romania International, retrieved 12 April 2023


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