József Hunics
József Hunics (March 10, 1936 – July 27, 2012) was a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. His team with Imre Farkas lead to two national championships in 1956 and 1957. He later teamed up with Gyula Dömötör and they won gold in the one kilometer and silver in the ten thousand meters events at the 1959 Canoe Sprint European Championships.  Hunics was forced to retire in 1960 due to health issues at the of 24.  He later became a coach after retirement in kayak-canoeing and sport shooting. He died on July 27, 2012.

References

External links
József Hunics' profile at Sports Reference.com
József Hunics' obituary 

1936 births
2012 deaths
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian people