Mihály Hesz

The native form of this personal name is Hesz Mihály. This article uses the Western name order.

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold	1968 Mexico City	K-1 1000 m
Silver	1964 Tokyo	K-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold	1966 East Berlin	K-1 10000 m
Gold	1971 Belgrade	K-1 4 x 500 m
Silver	1966 East Berlin	K-1 4 x 500 m
Bronze	1963 Jajce	K-1 10000 m
Bronze	1970 Copenhagen	K-1 4 x 500 m
Bronze	1971 Belgrade	K-1 500 m

Mihály Hesz (born December 15, 1943) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-1 1000 m event with a gold in 1968 and a silver in 1964.

Hesz also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 10000 m: 1966, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1971), a silver (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1966), and three bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1971, K-1 10000 m: 1963, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1970).

He married and lated divorced Andrea Gyarmati, who won two medals in women's swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile

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Name	Hesz, Mihaly
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Date of birth	December 15, 1943
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