István Beé (born 4 July 1972, in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s. He won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (K-4 200 m: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007), a silver (K-4 200 m: 2006), and two bronzes (K-2 1000 m: 1994, K-4 200 m: 2002).

István Beé
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Szeged K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1999 Milan K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Poznań K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Szeged K-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Mexico City K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville K-4 200 m

Beé also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008.

He is a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club. He is 185 cm (6'1") tall and weighs 87 kg (191 lbs).

References

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  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "István Beé". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11.