Michal Riszdorfer
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Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | K-4 1000 m |
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2004 Athens | K-4 1000 m |
World Championships | ||
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1998 Szeged | K-2 500 m |
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1999 Milan | K-2 1000 m |
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2002 Seville | K-4 500 m |
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2002 Seville | K-4 1000 m |
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2003 Gainesville | K-4 500 m |
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2003 Gainesville | K-4 1000 m |
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2006 Szeged | K-4 500 m |
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2007 Duisburg | K-4 500 m |
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2005 Zagreb | K-4 500 m |
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2005 Zagreb | K-4 1000 m |
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2009 Dartmouth | K-4 200 m |
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2001 Poznań | K-4 500 m |
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2007 Duisburg | K-4 1000 m |
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2009 Dartmouth | K-4 1000 m |
Michal Riszdorfer (Hungarian: Riszdorfer Mihály [ˈrizdorfɛr ˈmihaːj]; born 26 May 1977 in Bratislava)[1] is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.
Riszdorfer has also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eight golds (K-2 500 m: 1998, K-2 1000 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003), three silvers (K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 500 m: 2005, K-4 1000 m: 2005), and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 2001, K-4 1000 m: 2007, 2009).
Riszdorfer is a member of the club in Bratislava. He is 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 78 kg (172 lb).
Personal life[]
Riszdorfer comes from the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. He was born in Bratislava and lived in Komárno, home to a sizeable Hungarian community on the shores of the Danube, since his early childhood.[2] He has a younger brother Richard, who is also a canoer and member of the multiple medal winning K-4 boat.
References[]
- ^ "Michal Riszdorfer Biography and Olympic Results". Sportsreference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Murányi, András (19 December 2007). "Határeset" [Borderline case] (in Hungarian). Hócipő. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
[...] my dad is Hungarian, my mother is Slovak. I was born yet in Czechoslovakia, more precisely in Pozsony [Hungarian for Bratislava], although we live in Komárom since my early childhood. ([...] édesapám magyar, édesanyám szlovák. Még Csehszlovákiában, közelebbről Pozsonyban születtem, ám egész kisgyermek korom óta Komáromban élünk.)
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)
- 1977 births
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists of Slovakia
- Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Slovak male canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Hungarians in Slovakia
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Slovak canoeist stubs
- Slovak sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs