Dalma Ružičić-Benedek ( sr-Cyrl, Далма Ружичић-Бенедек, born 21 February 1982) is a Hungarian-born Serbian
sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...
who has competed since 2003. She won twelve medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two top-tier Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). They ...
with seven golds, three silvers and two bronzes.
[
]
Career in Serbia
In late 2012, after failing to qualify for her third consecutive Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
, Dalma Ružičić-Benedek decided to compete for Serbia, country of her husband, former canoer Dušan Ružičić who is also her personal coach. She made her debut for Serbia in the first stage of the 2013 World Cup in Szeged
Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...
, when she won the gold medal in the K-1 500m. At the 2013 European Championship she won two gold medals at distances of 500m and 1000m. Ružičić-Benedek won her first World Championship medal for Serbia in 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, bronze in K-1 1000m.
References
*
*
*
External links
*
*
*
*
1982 births
Living people
Canoeists from Budapest
Hungarian female canoeists
Serbian female canoeists
Naturalized citizens of Serbia
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
European Games medalists in canoeing
European Games gold medalists for Serbia
Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Serbia
European champions for Serbia
21st-century Hungarian sportswomen
{{Serbia-canoe-bio-stub