Gabriella Szabó (born 14 August 1986) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Career

She won the silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the

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. Szabó also won five medals at the

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with four golds (K-2 500 m:

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; K-2 1000 m: 2010; K-4 500 m:

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) and a bronze (K-2 1000 m:

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). Szabó also won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with

Danuta Kozák Danuta Kozák (; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. She has won one silver, one bronze and six Olympic gold medals, three of which in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, making her the only female to win K1, K2 and K4 at the same Oly ...

Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976) is a Hungarian sprint canoer. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won eight medals, with three golds (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008, K-4 500 m: 2012) and five silvers (K-2 500 m: 2000, 2 ...

and

Krisztina Fazekas Krisztina Fazekas-Zur (born 1 August 1980) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 200 m: 2001, K-4 500 m: 2006, K-4 1000 m: 200 ...

for

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In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Anna Kárász,

, and

Ninetta Vad Ninetta Vad (born 1989) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-1 4 x 200 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań. In June 2015, she competed in the inaugura ...

. She earned a gold medal. In August 2016, she also won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the Kayak Double (K2) 500m with

and in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with

, Tamara Csipes and Krisztina Fazekas Zur for

. In both teams she served as the

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for the unit.

Awards

* Junior Príma award (2008) * Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012) * Honorary Citizen of

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(2012) * Hungarian university athlete of the year (1): 2015 ;Orders and special awards * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 5class BAR

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– Knight's Cross (2008) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 3class BAR

Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

References

External links

* * * * * 1986 births Living people Canoeists from Budapest Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Hungarian female canoeists Olympic canoeists of Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing Olympic gold medalists for Hungary ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing European Games gold medalists for Hungary Canoeists at the 2015 European Games {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub