Zsolt Varga (canoer)
Encyclopedia
Zsolt Varga is a Hungarian
sprint canoer
who competed in the late 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-4 500 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
in Plovdiv
.
Philanthropy
After concluding his major canoe racing career, he became a well-regarded supporter of children's rights and donated $79,000 to the Dream Foundation.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....
who competed in the late 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-4 500 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak...
in Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
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Philanthropy
After concluding his major canoe racing career, he became a well-regarded supporter of children's rights and donated $79,000 to the Dream Foundation.