András Törő (born July 10, 1940) is an American sprint canoer who competed from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960 along with his doubles partner Imre Farkas.[1][2][3]
In 2022, Törő received the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Olympic & Paralympic Torch Award in recognition of his contributions to the Olympic movement.[6]
andrás, törő, native, form, this, personal, name, törő, andrás, this, article, uses, western, name, order, when, mentioning, individuals, born, july, 1940, american, sprint, canoer, competed, from, early, 1960s, 1970s, competing, four, summer, olympics, bronze. The native form of this personal name is Toro Andras This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Andras Toro born July 10 1940 is an American sprint canoer who competed from the early 1960s to the mid 1970s Competing in four Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the C 2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960 along with his doubles partner Imre Farkas 1 2 3 Olympic medal record Men s canoe sprint 1960 Rome C 2 1000 m Toro defected from Hungary during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 4 5 Earning his degree from the University of Michigan he went to work as a naval architect and marine engineer Becoming an American citizen in 1971 Toro competed for the United States in two more Summer Olympics earning his best finish of sixth in the semifinal event of the C 1 1000 m event at Munich in 1972 1 In 2022 Toro received the U S Olympic amp Paralympic Committee s Olympic amp Paralympic Torch Award in recognition of his contributions to the Olympic movement 6 See also editList of Eastern Bloc defectorsReferences edit a b Tomizawa Roy 2016 The Memorabilia of an Olympic Lifer The Story of Andras Toro through Stuff The Olympians retrieved 12 April 2023 Lau Stephen 2012 El Cerrito Olympic Medalist With Enduring Passion for Canoeing Patch retrieved 12 April 2023 Nyolcvan eves Toro Andras Andras Toro is eighty years old in Hungarian Jocha Press 2020 retrieved 12 April 2023 Tomizawa Roy 2019 To Defect or Not to Defect The Olympians retrieved 12 April 2023 Lau Stephen 2012 El Cerrito Olympic Medalist With Enduring Passion for Canoeing The Olympians retrieved 12 April 2023 About The Olympic amp Paralympic Committee Team USAExternal links editSports reference com profile nbsp nbsp This article about an American canoeist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Hungarian canoeist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about an Olympic medalist of Hungary is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andras Toro amp oldid 1198016012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,