Márton Joób (born 24 June 1982 in
Szeged
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) is a
Hungarian sprint canoeist and a
politician
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. He is married to Dóra, and they has 11 children.
Sports career
As an athlete he has competed since 2003. He won four medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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with three golds (C-4 200 m:
2007, C-4 500 m: 2007, C-4 1000 m:
2003) and one bronze (C-4 200 m:
2006).
Joób also finished seventh in the
C-1 500 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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.
Political career
He is a politician for the
Hungarian Socialist Party. He's been a councilman in the local government of Szeged since 2014.
Tax fraud allegations
Joób has been detained by the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) on July 28, 2020, on charges of VAT fraud in the range of hundreds of millions of Forints. His house arrest has been ordered on July 30, 2020.
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1982 births
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Hungary
Sportspeople from Szeged
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
21st-century Hungarian people
Hungarian Socialist Party politicians
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