Attila Vajda

Attila Vajda
nation	Hungary
birthday	March 17, 1983
place of birth	Szeged
size	177 cm
Weight	86 kg
Career
discipline	Canoe racing
Boat class	Canadians (C 1)
society	EDF Démász-Szeged
status	resigned
End of career	2016
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 3 × 4 × 2 × EM medals 2 × 1 × 1 × European Games 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Athens 2004 C1 1000 m gold Beijing 2008 C1 1000 m World championships bronze Szeged 2006 C1 1000 m gold Duisburg 2007 C1 1000 m silver Dartmouth 2009 C1 4 × 200 m silver Poznań 2010 C1 1000 m gold Szeged 2011 C1 1000 m gold Duisburg 2013 C1 1000 m silver Duisburg 2013 C1 5000 m silver Moscow 2014 C1 5000 m bronze Moscow 2014 C1 1000 m European championships gold Duisburg 2007 C1 1000 m gold Brandenburg 2009 C1 1000 m bronze Brandenburg 2009 C1 4 × 200 m silver Brandenburg 2014 C1 1000 m European Games bronze Baku 2015 C1 1000 m
last change: May 8, 2020

Attila Sandór Vajda (born March 17, 1983 in Szeged ) is a former Hungarian canoeist . In 2008 he was Olympic champion in the single canoe over 1000 meters .

successes

Attila Vajda, who competed in Canadier, took part in the Olympic Games three times . In 2004 he immediately succeeded in winning a medal on his debut in Athens when he won the bronze medal in a single canoe over the 1000 meter distance. After the preliminary, he qualified for the final with second place in the first semifinal run, which he finished in third behind David Cal and Andreas Dittmer . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , Vajda, who wore a mourning ribbon in memory of his teammate György Kolonics who died in preparation for the games , started for the first time over the 500 meters and again over the one-kilometer distance. In both competitions he reached the final run, which he finished in ninth place on the short distance and thus last place in the run. In the run-up to the 1000-meter distance, he was the first to qualify for the direct final. With over two seconds ahead of David Cal and another second over Thomas Hall , Vajda became Olympic champion . He dedicated this victory to Kolonics.

Four years later he made it into the final run in London on the 1000 meter distance for the third time in a row, but this time did not make it into the medal ranks. He finished the race in sixth. On the short distance , which this time were held over 200 meters, he only qualified for the B final, which he finished in third and thus ninth in the overall standings.

Vajda achieved numerous successes at world and European championships . In 2007 in Duisburg , 2011 in his hometown Szeged and again in 2013 in Duisburg he was world champion on the 1000 meter distance . He won his first World Championship medal with bronze in Szeged in 2006 , and three years later he also won silver for the first time in the 4 x 200 meter relay in Dartmouth . In 2010 he took second place in Poznań on the 1000 meter distance, as well as on the 5000 meter distance in 2013 in Duisburg and 2014 in Moscow . In 2014 he was also third over 1000 meters. On the continental level, Vajda won the title on the 1000 meter distance in 2007 in Duisburg and in 2009 in Brandenburg an der Havel . He finished the 4 x 200 meter relay in 2009 in third place. In the same place, he won over 1000 meters silver in 2014 .

Vajda took part for Hungary in the European Games in Baku , where he finished third on the 1000 meter distance. Behind Sebastian Brendel and Martin Fuksa , he received the bronze medal.

After he had already received the Golden Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2004 for his Olympic bronze medal , he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit in 2008 on the occasion of his Olympic victory. At the same time he was voted Hungary's Sportsman of the Year in 2008. Vajda retired in December 2016 and took a coaching position in Taiwan.

Web links

Commons : Attila Vajda  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Attila Vajda in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Attila Vajda at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The German women's kayak quad drove away from everyone. In: adh.de. General German University Sports Association , August 27, 2004, accessed on May 8, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Pál Juha: Vajda Attila: Köszönöm, Koló! In: origo.hu. August 22, 2008, accessed May 8, 2020 (Hungarian). 
3. ^ Victory for Brendel and silver medal for Weber / Waßmuth in Baku. In: osp-brandenburg.de. Olympic Training Center Brandenburg , accessed on May 8, 2020 . 
4. ↑ A Kitüntetettek. In: nemzetisport.hu. August 30, 2008, accessed May 8, 2020 (Hungarian). 
5. ↑ Kayak kenu: Vajda Attila bejelentette visszavonulását. In: nemzetisport.hu. December 20, 2016, accessed May 8, 2020 (Hungarian).