Pál Sarudi (born 10 August 1983 in
Szolnok) is a Hungarian
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
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who has competed since 2003.
His first major success came at the 2003 European Marathon Championships in
Gdańsk
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, Poland, where he won the C-2 bronze medal with partner
Krisztian Tokar.
Since then he has concentrated on the sprint events. In 2005 he won a C4 1000m bronze medal at the European Under-23 Championships in
Plovdiv
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, Bulgaria. He was also called up to the senior team and competed in the C4 500m at both the European and
World Championships, finishing sixth and fifth respectively.
Sarudi won three medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-4 200 m:
2007
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, C-4 500 m: 2007) and one bronze (C-4 200 m:
2006
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).
Sarudi is a member of the
Szolnoki Sportcentrum Nonprofit Kft. Canoe Club and is coached by
Attila Erdős.
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1983 births
Hungarian male canoeists
Living people
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Sportspeople from Szolnok
21st-century Hungarian people
World Games silver medalists for Hungary
Medalists at the 2009 World Games
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