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Krisztina Fazekas-Zur

Fazekas-Zur Krisztina (2012).jpg
Fazekas-Zur in 2012

Personal information
Nationality Hungarian
Born
(1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 38)
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
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]

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 x 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]




Contents






  • 1 Personal life


  • 2 Awards


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Personal life[edit]


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]


In 2013, she founded the Path of Champions Foundation (Hungarian: Bajnokok Utja Alapitvany) that aims to help children through sport.[3]



Awards[edit]



  • For Pilisvörösvár award (2006)

  • Honorary Citizen of Pilisvörösvár (2012)


  • Pilisvörösvár Jubilee Medal (2012)

  • Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012)


Orders and special awards



  • Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)


  • Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)



References[edit]





  1. ^ abcd Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Krisztina Fazekas Zur". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "Krisztina Fazekas-Zur". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.


  3. ^ abcde "Krisztina Fazekas-Zur". nbcolympics.com.




External links[edit]








  • Krisztina Fazekas-Zur at the International Canoe Federation


  • Krisztina Fazekas at the International Olympic Committee


  • Krisztina Fazekas – Canoe09.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2009)


  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 21 January 2009). 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 9 November 2009)

  • Official website



















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