József Hunics
Personal information
Born10 March 1936 (1936-03-10) (age 87)
Hungary
Died27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) (age 11)
Sport
SportCanoe racing
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1956 MelbourneC-2 10000 m

József Hunics (March 10, 1936 – July 27, 2012) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. His team with Imre Farkas lead to two national championships in 1956 and 1957. He later teamed up with Gyula Dömötör and they won gold in the one kilometer and silver in the ten thousand meters events at the 1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships.[1] Hunics was forced to retire in 1960 due to health issues at the age of 24. He later became a coach after retirement in kayak-canoeing and sport shooting. He died on July 27, 2012.[2][3][4]

References

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  2. Jozsef Hunics 1936-2012 [Jozsef Hunics 1936-2012] (in Hungarian), Tortenelem Kajakkenusport, 2023, retrieved 13 March 2023
  3. RÁJUK EMLÉKEZÜNK MA [We Remember Them Today] (in Hungarian), Fradi.hu, 2022, retrieved 13 March 2023
  4. Kalovics, Tibor (2020), KAJAK-KENU: ELHUNYT A KÉTSZERES OLIMPIAI BRONZÉRMES KASSAI-FARKAS ANDRÁS [KAYAK-CANOE: THE TWO-TIME OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST ANDRÁS KASSAI-FARKAS HAS PASSED AWAY] (in Hungarian), sportfaktor.hu, retrieved 13 March 2023
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