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Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Budapest, Hungary[1] | 1 August 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Budapest SE (1990–1997) Újpesti TE (1997–2000) MTK (2001–2009) Győri VSE (2012–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Rami Zur (husband) Botond Storcz (national)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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, 2007) and five silvers (K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-4 500 m: 2007; K-1 1000 m: 2011).[1][3]
Fazekas-Zur also won gold medals in the kayak four (K-4) 500 m team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[1][2]
Personal life
Fazekas-Zur took up canoeing aged 10 together with her sister, following the example of her brother. She is married to her coach Rami Zur, a former Olympic canoeist for Israel and United States;[1] they have a son Noah.[3] She lives in California and represented the United States in 2011, but returned to competing for Hungary winning gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics[3] and also at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
In 2013, she founded the Path of Champions Foundation (Hungarian: Bajnokok Utja Alapitvany) that aims to help children through sport.[3]
Awards
- For Pilisvörösvár award (2006)
- Honorary Citizen of Pilisvörösvár (2012)
- Pilisvörösvár Jubilee Medal (2012)
- Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012)
- Orders and special awards
- Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
- Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Krisztina Fazekas Zur". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- 1 2 "Krisztina Fazekas-Zur". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Krisztina Fazekas-Zur". nbcolympics.com.
External links
- Krisztina Fazekas-Zur at the International Canoe Federation
- Krisztina Fazekas at Olympics.com
- Krisztina Fazekas at Olympic.org (archived)
- Krisztina Fazekas Zur at Olympedia
- Krisztina Fazekas (Zur) at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
- "Krisztina Fazekas – Canoe09.ca profile". Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- Official website