István Vaskuti
{{Short description|Hungarian sprint canoeist (born 1955)}}
{{Eastern name order|Vaskuti István}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|1980 Moscow|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1977 Sofia|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1978 Belgrade|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1981 Nottingham|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1985 Mechelen|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1986 Montreal|C-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1986 Montreal|C-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|1982 Belgrade|C-2 500 m}}
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István Vaskuti (born December 4, 1955, in Debrecen) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He participated in two Summer Olympics and won the C-2 500 m event in Moscow in 1980.
Vaskuti also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, including six golds (C-2 500 m: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1986; C-2 1000 m: 1986) and one bronze (C-2 500 m: 1982).
After his career as active competitor, he became a canoe coach, achieving success in this role and winning several world and Olympic titles with various renowned canoeists.
He is now a sports administrator and serves as the chairman of the International Canoe Federation Flatwater Committee. Vaskuti was the Chief Official at the 2006 World Championships, held in the Hungarian city of Szeged. In 2008, he was elected First Vice President of the ICF at their Congress in Rome.
References
- [http://www/canoeicf.com/default.asp?Page=2368 ICF 2008 ICF Congress report in Rome, including Vaskuti's appointment.] - accessed November 30, 2008.
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=5 January 2010 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf |date2=13 January 2016}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=9 November 2009 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf |date2=11 March 2016}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/istvan-vaskuti-1.html |title=István Vaskuti |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605220610/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/istvan-vaskuti-1.html |archive-date=2011-06-05 |url-status=dead}}
External links
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|istvan-vaskuti}}
- {{MOB profile|26593}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions C-2 500 m}}
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Category:Hungarian male canoeists
Category:Olympic canoeists for Hungary
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Category:Hungarian referees and umpires
Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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