András Törő, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

András Törő

Canoe racer

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1940

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Profession: engineer, canoeist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

András Töro (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. Töro defected from Hungary during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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, Töro 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.