József Hunics

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJózsef•Hunics
Used nameJózsef•Hunics
Born10 March 1936 in Ráckeresztúr, Fejér (HUN)
Died27 July 2012 (aged 76 years 4 months 17 days) in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
AffiliationsBHSE, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Besides their C2-10,000 Olympic bronze in 1956, József Hunics and Imre Farkas won bronze in C2-1,000 at the 1957 European Championships and were fifth in C2-1,000 at the 1958 World Championships. At the 1959 European Championships, Hunics, by then teamed up with Gyula Dömötör, won gold in C2-1,000 and silver in C2-10,000. Domestically he won six Hungarian titles, pairing with Farkas to win the C2-500 m, C2-1,000 m and C2-10,000 at the 1956 and 1957 Hungarian championships. Hunics retired from sports in 1960 and later worked as a canoeing coach in Hungary.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Summer Olympics Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) HUN József Hunics
Canadian Doubles, 10,000 metres, Men (Olympic) Imre Farkas 3 Bronze

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