Tibor Tatai

Tibor Tatai
nation	Hungary
birthday	4th August 1944
place of birth	Pöse , Vas county
size	185 cm
Weight	84 kg
Career
discipline	Canoe racing
Boat class	Canadians (C 1)
society	BKV Előre SC
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Mexico City 1968 C1 1000 m World Championship gold Copenhagen 1970 C1 1000 m silver Belgrade 1971 C1 1000 m

Tibor Tatai (born August 4, 1944 in Pöse , Vas County ) is a former Hungarian canoeist .

successes

Tibor Tatai took part in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , where he competed in the Canadier over the 1000 meter distance. As second in his preliminary run, he qualified for the final. In this he sat at the head of the field after half the race distance and also finished the race in first place. Tatai became Olympic champion ahead of Detlef Lewe from Germany and Vitali Galkow from Russia . Two years later he won at the world championships in Copenhagen over the same distance world title . In 1971 he secured silver in the 1000 meter World Championship in Belgrade . Before the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he ended his active career and turned to professional life.

Web links

• Tibor Tatai in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Tibor Tatai at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (Hungarian)