Krisztina Fazekas-Zur

Krisztina Fazekas-Zur
Krisztina Fazekas-Zur
Full name	Krisztina Fazekas Zur
nation	Hungary
birthday	August 1, 1980
place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Career
Trainer	Rami Zur
National squad	since 2001 Hungary / 2011 for the United States
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 7 × 6 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold 2012 London K-4 500 m gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m World championships gold 2001 Poznań K-4 200 m gold 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m gold 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m gold 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m silver 2007 Duisburg K-4 200 m silver 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m silver 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4 × 200 m silver 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m gold 2013 Duisburg K-2 1000 m gold 2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m gold 2013 Duisburg K-1 4 × 200 m silver 2015 Milan K-4 500 m gold 2017 Račice K-4 500 m European championships bronze 2012 Zagreb K-4 500 m gold 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m World Championships for United States  silver 2011 Szeged K-1 1000 m

Krisztina Fazekas-Zur - in Hungarian notation Fazekas-Zur Krisztina - (born August 1, 1980 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian - American canoe sprinter who has been on the success lists since the mid-2000s. She won thirteen medals at the Canoe World Championships , including eight gold medals (K-1 4 × 200 m: 2013, K-4 200 m: 2001 , K-4 500 m: 2006 , 2013, 2017, K-4 1000 m: 2003 , 2007 ) and five silver medals (K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009 , K-4 200 m: 2007, 2009, K-4 500 m: 2007; K-1 1000 m: 2011 ).

Krisztina Fazekas-Zur won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the four-kayak (K4) 500 m discipline with Gabriella Szabó , Danuta Kozák and Katalin Kovács for Hungary and the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the four-kayak (K4) 500 m with Gabriella Szabó , Danuta Kozák and Tamara Csipes .

Krisztina Fazekas-Zur is married to her trainer Rami Zur , a former Olympic canoeist for Israel and the United States. She lives in California and represented the United States in sports in 2011, but took part in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics for Hungary, where she won the gold medal.

In addition to the canoe competitions, she takes part in stand-up paddling events and won the short-distance disciplines over 200 meters in the inflatable and open classes on May 30, 2013 at the Kleiner Brombachsee at the "Lost Mills" event . In the long-distance competition on June 1, 2013 over 18 kilometers, she took second place.

Web links

• profile Profile in the canoe database. In: Canoe09.ca. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012 ; accessed on February 10, 2016 . 
• Website of Krisztina Fazekas Zur. Retrieved February 11, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result list "Lost mills". (PDF; 87 kB) Archived from the original on June 12, 2013 ; Retrieved June 2, 2013 .