Gábor Kucsera (born 27 August 1982 in

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) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m:

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), a silver (K-2 500 m:

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), and three bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2006,

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; K-2 1000 m: 2007). Kucsera also competed at the

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, finishing fourth in both the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m events. He is a member of the Honvéd-Domino in Budapest. In July 2015 he was accused to fail a dopping control,

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found in his blood. He was suspended by the Hungarian Canoe Association.Ungarischer Kanute Kucsera wegen Kokain-Doping gesperrt mittelhessen.de 5 August 2015
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