Éva Dónusz (born September 29, 1967) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two

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, she won two medals at

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with a gold in the K-4 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events. Dónusz also won twelve medals at the

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with a gold (K-4 200 m:

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), eight silvers (K-2 500 m: 1989,

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; K-2 5000 m: 1990, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1990, 1991, 1994), and three bronzes (K-1 200 m:

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, K-4 500 m: 1993,

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Awards

HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 5class BAR

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1992) * Hungarian kayaker of the Year (1): 1992 * Member of the Hungarian team of year (with Rita Kőbán,

Erika Mészáros Erika Mészáros (born 24 June 1966 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1 ...

Kinga Czigány Kinga Czigány (born 17 February 1972) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992. Czigány also won five medals at the ...

): 1992

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* 1967 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Hungarian female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian women {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub