Gabriella Szabó

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Gabriella Szabó
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 35)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubKSI (1997–2006)
Dunaferr SE (2006–2008)
Bp. Honvéd (2008–)
Coached byFerenc Csipes
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 0
World Championships 9 1 1
European Championships 3 2 0
European Games 0 0 0
Total 15 4 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Poznań K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Milan K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belgrade K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Belgrade K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 Zagreb K-4 500 m
The native form of this personal name is Szabó Gabriella. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Gabriella Szabó (born 14 August 1986) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Career[]

She won the silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Szabó also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-2 500 m: 2009, 2010; K-2 1000 m: 2010; K-4 500 m: 2011) and a bronze (K-2 1000 m: 2007).

Szabó also won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas for Hungary

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Hungary in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Anna Kárász, Danuta Kozák, 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 Danuta Kozák and in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with Danuta Kozák, Tamara Csipes and Krisztina Fazekas Zur for Hungary. In both teams she served as the stroke for the unit.

Awards[]

  • Junior Príma award (2008)
  • Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012)
  • Honorary Citizen of Zugló (2012)
  • Hungarian university athlete of the year (1): 2015
Orders and special awards
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2008)
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
  • Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

References[]

External links[]

  • Canoe09.ca profile
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriella Szabó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.


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