Katalin Rozsnyói (sometimes shown as Katalin Rozsnyói-Sági; born November 20, 1942) 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 competed in the late 1960s. She won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

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. As a canoeing coach, Katalin Fábiánné Rozsnyói became one of the best Hungarian coaches. In 2000s she was named the Coach of the Year in Hungary six times in a row by the members of the Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association; this series was broken only in 2007 by the tennis coach Zoltan Kuharszky. Rozsynyoi was awarded the International Olympic Committee Coaches Lifetime achievement award in October 2018.

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1942 births Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Hungarian female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub