István Timár

István Timár-Geng (7 January 1940 – 4 December 1994) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won two medals with a silver in the K-2 1000 m and a bronze in the K-4 1000 m events.

Not to be confused with István Timár-Geng.

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

István Timár

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	K-2 1000 m
	1968 Mexico City	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	1963 Jajce	K-2 10000 m
	1963 Jajce	K-4 10000 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-4 10000 m
	1970 Copenhagen	K-4 1000 m

Timár-Geng also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two gold (K-2 10000 m and K-4 10000 m: both 1963), a silver (K-4 10000 m: 1971), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 1970).

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)

External links

• István Timár at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Istvan Timar at the International Olympic Committee