Mihály Hesz

The native form of this personal name is Hesz Mihály. This article uses the Western name order.
Mihály Hesz
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 later divorced Andrea Gyarmati, who won two medals in women's swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

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