Gabriella Szabó (born 14 August 1986) is a Hungarian

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 the late 2000s.

Career

She won the silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the

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. Szabó also won five medals at the

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with four golds (K-2 500 m:

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; K-2 1000 m: 2010; K-4 500 m:

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) and a bronze (K-2 1000 m:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

). Szabó also won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with

Danuta Kozák Danuta Kozák (; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian Sprint kayak, sprint canoeist. She has won one silver, one bronze and six Olympic gold medals, three of which in 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro in 2016, making her the first female to w ...

Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976) is a Hungarian canoe sprinter. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won eight medals, with three golds (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008, K-4 500 m: 2012) and five silvers (K-2 500 m: 2000, 2 ...

and

Krisztina Fazekas Krisztina Fazekas-Zur (born 1 August 1980) is a Hungarian sprint canoer 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: 2001, K-4 500 m: 2006, K-4 1000 m: 2003, ...

for

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In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for

canoe sprint 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 ...

, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Anna Kárász,

, and Ninetta Vad. She earned a gold medal. In August 2016, she also won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the Kayak Double (K2) 500m with

and in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with

, Tamara Csipes and Krisztina Fazekas Zur for

. In both teams she served as the

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for the unit.

Awards

* Junior Príma award (2008) * Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012) * Honorary Citizen of

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(2012) * Hungarian university athlete of the year (1): 2015 ;Orders and special awards *

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit () is the fourth highest Order (honour), State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the Order of ...

– Knight's Cross (2008) * Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012) * Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people Canoeists from Budapest Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Hungarian female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing Olympic gold medalists for Hungary ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing European Games gold medalists for Hungary Canoeists at the 2015 European Games 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub