László Fidel had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1986 K4 1000 m (with Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, and the non-Olympian Zoltán Kovács), 1st 1987 K2 500 m (with Ferenc Csipes, 1st 1987 K4 1000 m (with Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, and the non-Olympian Zoltán Kovács), 1st 1990 K4 1000 m (with Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, and Zsolt Gyulay), 1st 1991 K4 1000 m (with Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, and Zsolt Gyulay), 2nd 1991 K4 500 m (with Attila Ábrahám, Attila Adrovicz, and the non-Olympian Attila Ádám).