Tamás Buday
 Buday (left) at the 1976 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 July 1952 (age 72) Budapest, Hungary[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Honvéd Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamás Buday (born 5 July 1952) is a Canadian sprint canoe coach and retired Hungarian canoe sprinter. He competed in doubles at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won two bronze medals in 1976. From 1978 to 1983, he also won thirteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four gold (C-2 1000 m: 1978, C-2 10000 m: 1978, 1981, 1983), five silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1981, C-2 1000 m: 1977, 1979; C-2 10000 m: 1974, 1975), and four bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 1977, C-2 10000 m: 1973, 1979, 1982).[1]
In 1987, Buday moved to Canada, after being invited to train the national canoeing team.[2] He is a member of the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame[3] and recipient of the Canadian Coaching Excellence Award.[4] His sons Attila and Tamás, Jr. competed in sprint canoe for Canada at three Olympics.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tamás Buday. Sports-reference.com
- ^ Tamas Buday. Canoe Kayak Canada.
- ^ Mississauga Canoe Club. cfly.ca
- ^ Tamas Buday Sr and Rob Baert recognized for Coaching Contributions. Canoe Kayak Canada
External links
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- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
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- 1952 births
- Canadian male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian male canoeists
- Hungarian defectors
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists for Hungary
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Hungarian emigrants to Canada
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists from Budapest
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
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