Ferenc Csipes
Canoe racer

Ferenc Csipes

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8 March 1965(Budapest)
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Ferenc Csipes (born March 8, 1965 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1985 to 1996. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (1988: K-4 1000 m), two silvers (1992, 1996: both K-4 1000 m), and one bronze (1988: K-2 500 m).
Csipes also won sixteen ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals with eight golds (K-1 1000 m: 1985, K-1 10000 m: 1986, K-2 500 m: 1987, K-4 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991), four silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1991; K-4 10000 m: 1989), and four bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1990, 1994; K-2 10000 m: 1987).

Awards

  • Hungarian kayaker of the Year (4): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991
  • Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic – Order of Stars (1988)
  • Ribbon Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (1992)
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1996)
  • Hungarian Coach of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 2011
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
  • Papp László Budapest Sport awards (2012)
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)