Antal Hajba (16 January 1938 – 5 March 2017) was a Hungarian

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the mid-1960s. He won the gold medal in the C-1 10000 m event at the

1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1966 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau in East Germany. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. From 19 to 21 August, competitors used the regatta course o ...

East Berlin East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...

.„Lottóötössel is edző lettem volna”
Paired alongside Árpád Soltész, Hajba finished fourth in the C-2 1000 m event at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

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Sports-reference.com profile
1938 births 2017 deaths Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Hungary ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub