Tibor Hufnágel

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Tibor Hufnágel
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Hufnágel at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born18 March 1991 (1991-03-18) (age 31)
Budapest, Hungary [1]
EducationEdutus College, Budapest
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoe sprint
ClubAngyalföldi VSE [1]
Budapesti Honved SE [3]
Coached byMárfi Gábor Pál Zoltán [1]
István Kiss [3]

Tibor Hufnágel (born 18 March 1991) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. He competed in the K-2 1000 and K-4 1000 m events at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed 7th and 11th, respectively. [2] [3]

He originally won a silver medal with Bence Dombvári in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2016 European Championships until Dombvári tested positive for stanozolol. [4]

Hufnágel began paddling aged 10, following his brother. His brother did canoeing, but Hufnágel did not want to kneel, and chose kayaking instead. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tibor Hufnágel. mob.hu
  2. 1 2 Tibor Hufnágel. rio2016.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 Tibor Hufnágel. nbcolympics.com
  4. ↑ "Kajak-kenu: elvették Dombvári Bence páros Eb-ezüstjét". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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