Michal Riszdorfer

Michal Riszdorfer (born May 26, 1977 in Bratislava ) is a former Slovak canoeist who won silver and bronze once at the Olympic Games and was world champion eight times.

Career

The 1.76 m tall Michal Riszdorfer won two gold medals in the four-man kayak at the Junior World Championships in 1995 . In 1998 he competed with Juraj Bača in a two-person kayak . At the 1998 World Championships in Szeged, they both won over 500 meters. The following year, the two won over 1000 meters at the European Championships in Zagreb and took third place over 500 meters. Riszdorfer and Bača won over 1000 meters at the World Championships in Milan . At the Olympic Games in Sydney , the two finished sixth over 1000 meters and missed the final over 500 meters.

The following year, the Slovak four-man with Michal's younger brother Richard Riszdorfer , Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček and Juraj Bača took third place over 500 meters at the 2001 World Championships in Poznan . In Seville in 2002 and in Gainesville in 2003 , the Slovak four-man won both the 500 meter and 1000 meter title in the same line-up as in 2001. At the Olympic Games, only the competition over 1000 meters is held in a four-person kayak. In 2004 in Athens the Hungarian foursome won the gold medal in front of the German boat. Behind them Richard and Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček and Juraj Bača received the bronze medal just ahead of the Bulgarian boat.

At the 2005 World Championships in Zagreb, the Slovak four-man with the Riszdorfers, Erik Vlček and Róbert Erban won silver over 1000 meters behind the German boat. Richard Riszdorfer and Erik Vlček competed over 500 meters in a two-man kayak , the four-man with Michal Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr , Róbert Erban and Andrej Wiebauer won the silver medal behind the Belarusians. In 2006 the World Championships were held in Szeged. The Riszdorfers, Erban and Vlček finished fifth over 1000 meters, but won the title over 500 meters. In 2007 in Duisburg, the Slovak four-man with the Riszdorfers, Vlček and Juraj Tarr won the bronze medal over 1000 meters behind the Germans and the Poles. The Slovaks won over 500 meters ahead of the Belarusians. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Belarusians won over 1000 meters ahead of the Slovaks in the 2007 occupation and the Germans.

In 2009 at the World Championships in Dartmouth the Riszdorfers, Vlček and Tarr won over 1000 meters bronze behind Belarus and France and over 200 meters silver behind Belarus. In 2010 in Poznan , the Slovak four-man missed the final. In 2011 in Szeged the Riszdorfers, Vlček and Tarr finished fourth again over 1000 meters. Michal and Richard Riszdorfer were no longer present at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Michal Riszdorfer started for the ŠKP Bratislava club . He belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.

Web links

• Michal Riszdorfer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Michal Riszdorfer at sport-pravda.sk