Csaba Horváth (born 4 April 1971 in

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) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1990s. At the

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, he won two medals with teammate György Kolonics. This included a gold in the C-2 500 m and a bronze in the C-2 1000 m events. Horváth also won nineteen medals at the

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with 13 gold (C-2 200 m:

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, C-2 500 m:

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, 1995,

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; C-2 1000 m: 1995, C-4 200 m: 1995, C-4 500 m: 1995, 1997, 1998; C-4 1000 m: 1993,

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, 1998), five silvers (C-2 200 m: 1994, C-2 500 m: 1994, C-2 1000 m: 1997, C-4 200 m: 1994, 1997), and one bronze (C-4 1000 m:

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Awards

* Member of the Hungarian team of year (with György Kolonics): 1995, 1996 * Hungarian canoer of the Year (3): 1995, 1996, 1998 * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (1996)

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* * 1971 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub