AKA: -- (photo top left)

DOB: July 10, 1936

Born: Budapest

Career as athlete: late 1950s to the late 1960s, K2 10000m, K4 10000

Coaching since:--

Coaching: Dalma Benedek, Erika Medveczky, Alíz Sarudi, Dávid Tóth, Tamás Kulifai

Federation: www.kajakkenusport.hu

At the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956, Laszlo Fabian (with Hungarian partner Janos Uranyi) won the gold medal in the 10,000-Meter Kayak Doubles event (43:37.0). They were the first Hungarians ever to win a medal in Olympic canoe-kayak competition.

Fabian is also the winner of four World kayak championships and seven European championships. His World titles: 1958 in the K-2 10,000-Meters with Uranyi; 1963 with Istvan Timer; 1966 with Imre Szollosi; and 1963, in the K-4 10,000-Meters, with Timer, Otto Koltai, and Laszlo Urogi.