Tamara Csipes (born 24 August 1989) is a Hungarian

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who has competed since the late 2000s. At the

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, she won a gold medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and a silver medal in the Women's K-1 500 metres

Career

At the

2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 19–22 August 2010 in Poznań, Poland, on Lake Malta. This was the third time that the Polish city hosted the championships, having done so previously in 1990 and 2001. Paracanoe (forme ...

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, she won two gold medals earning them in the K-2 1000 m and K-4 500 m events. In 2015 Csipes was suspended for four months after she failed a

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. She competed at the

2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 44th edition of the World Championships, were held in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, from 22 to 26 August 2018. Explanation of events Canoe sprint competitions were contested in either a Canadian c ...

, and

2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the 45th edition of the World Championships, were held in Szeged, Hungary from 21 to 25 August 2019. The championships served as the primary qualification regatta for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic ...

Awards

* Junior Príma award (2008) * Excellent Athlete of

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(2009) *

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– votes of sports journalists: 2011 * Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2014) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

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

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* 1989 births Living people Canoeists from Budapest Hungarian female canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Doping cases in canoeing Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in canoeing European Games gold medalists for Hungary 21st-century Hungarian women Canoeists at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Hungary {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub