Ferenc Csipes

Ferenc Csipes (born 8 March 1965 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1985 to 1996. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (1988: K-4 1000 m), two silvers (1992, 1996: both K-4 1000 m), and one bronze (1988: K-2 500 m).

Ferenc Csipes

Medal record
Men’s canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	K-4 1000 m
	1992 Barcelona	K-4 1000 m
	1996 Atlanta	K-4 1000 m
	1988 Seoul	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	1985 Mechelen	K-1 1000 m
	1986 Montreal	K-1 10000 m
	1986 Montreal	K-4 1000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-2 500 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-4 1000 m
	1989 Plovdiv	K-4 1000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-4 1000 m
	1991 Paris	K-4 1000 m
	1986 Montreal	K-1 1000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-1 1000 m
	1989 Plovdiv	K-4 10000 m
	1991 Paris	K-1 1000 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-2 10000 m
	1990 Poznań	K-4 500 m
	1991 Paris	K-2 500 m
	1994 Mexico City	K-4 500 m

The native form of this personal name is Csipes Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Csipes also won sixteen ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals with eight golds (K-1 1000 m: 1985, K-1 10000 m: 1986, K-2 500 m: 1987, K-4 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991), four silvers (K-1 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1991; K-4 10000 m: 1989), and four bronzes (K-2 500 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1990, 1994; K-2 10000 m: 1987).

Awards

• Hungarian kayaker of the Year (4): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991
• Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic – Order of Stars (1988)
• Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (1992)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1996)
• Hungarian Coach of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 2011
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
• Papp László Budapest Sport awards (2012)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• 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)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ferenc Csipes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.