Krisztina Fazekas-Zur (born 1 August 1980) is a Hungarian

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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:

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, K-4 500 m:

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, K-4 1000 m:

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) and five silvers (K-1 :

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, K-4 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-4 500 m: 2007; K-1 1000 m:

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). Fazekas-Zur also won gold medals in the kayak four (K-4) 500 m team event at the

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and

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Olympics.

Personal life

Fazekas-Zur took up canoeing aged 10 together with her sister, following the example of her brother. She is married to her coach Rami Zur, a former Olympic canoeist for Israel and United States; they have a son Noah. She lives in California and represented the United States in 2011, but returned to competing for Hungary winning gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics and also at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. In 2013, she founded the Path of Champions Foundation ( hu, Bajnokok Utja Alapitvany) that aims to help children through sport.

Awards

* For Pilisvörösvár award (2006) * Honorary Citizen of Pilisvörösvár (2012) * Pilisvörösvár Jubilee Medal (2012) * Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012) ;Orders and special awards * 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 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)

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* * * * * * * * 1980 births Living people Hungarian female canoeists Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists from Budapest {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub