Career
He defected to Canada in 1987 Buday"s sons Attila and Tamás, Junior. competed for Canada in three Summer Olympics, earning their best finish of seventh in the C-2 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000.
He defected to Canada in 1987 Buday"s sons Attila and Tamás, Junior. competed for Canada in three Summer Olympics, earning their best finish of seventh in the C-2 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000.
Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won bronze medals in the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events at Montreal in 1976. Buday also won thirteen medals at the International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships with four gold (C-2 1000 m: 1978, C-2 10000 m: 1978, 1981, 1983), five silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1981, C-2 1000 m: 1977, 1979. C-2 10000 m: 1974, 1975), and four bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 1977, C-2 10000 m: 1973, 1979, 1982).