Mária Zakariás (born December 28, 1952) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the

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. Zakariás also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-4 500 m:

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) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m:

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, K-4 500 m:

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1952 births Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Hungarian female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub