Károly Wieland

Hungarian sprint canoeist (1934–2020)
Károly Wieland
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Mâcon C-2 10000 m

Károly Wieland (Hungary, 1 May 1934 – 30 May 2020) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the mid to late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won a bronze medal in the Canoe double (C-2) 1,000 m event alongside Ferenc Mohácsi.

Wieland also won a gold in the C-2 10,000 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon. He died at his home in Germany on 30 May 2020.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Gyász: Elhunyt az olimpiai bronzérmes Wieland Károly - NSO".

Sources

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • 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. "Károly Wieland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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