Tibor Hufnágel

Tibor Hufnágel

Hufnágel at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born 15 April 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 34)
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Education Edutus College, Budapest
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoe sprint
Club Angyalföldi VSE[1]
Budapesti Honved SE[3]
Coached by Márfi Gábor Pál Zoltán[1]
István Kiss [3]

Tibor Hufnágel (born 18 March 1991) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2016 European Championships. He competed in the K-2 1000 and K-4 1000 m events at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed 7th and 11th, respectively.[2][3]

Hufnágel began paddling aged 10, following his brother. His brother did canoeing, but Hufnágel did not want to kneel, and chose kayaking instead.[1][3]

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