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]
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| 1960 Rome | C-2 1000 m | |
Törő 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, Törő 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, Törő received the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Olympic & Paralympic Torch Award in recognition of his contributions to the Olympic movement.[6]
See also
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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 éves Törő András [András Törő 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 & Paralympic Committee Team USA
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