Géza Csapó

Géza Csapó (born December 29, 1950) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in K-1 1000 m event with a silver in 1976 and a bronze in 1972.

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

Svidró and Csapó (r.) (1971)

Géza Csapó

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	K-1 1000 m
	1972 Munich	K-1 1000 m
World Championships
	1971 Belgrade	K-1 4 x 500 m
	1973 Tampere	K-1 500 m
	1973 Tampere	K-1 1000 m
	1973 Tampere	K-2 10000 m
	1974 Mexico City	K-1 1000 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-1 500 m
	1973 Tampere	K-1 4 x 500 m
	1974 Mexico City	K-1 500 m
	1970 Copenhagen	K-1 4 x 500 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-4 1000 m
	1977 Sofia	K-2 500 m

Csapó also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-1 500 m: 1973, 1975; K-1 1000 m: 1973, 1974; K-1 4 x 500 m: 1971, K-2 10000 m: 1973), two silvers (K-1 500 m: 1973, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1973), and three bronzes (K-1 4 x 500 m: 1970, K-2 500 m: 1977, K-4 1000 m: 1971).

He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1973 after winning three gold medals at that year's World Championships.

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. "Géza Csapó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

Awards
Preceded by András Balczó	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1973	Succeeded by Zoltán Magyar