Anna Kárász Explained

Anna Kárász
Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Date:20 September 1991
Birth Place:Dunaújváros, Hungary
Height:1.72 m
Weight:65 kg
Country:Hungary
Sport:Sprint kayak
Club:EDF Demasz-Szeged
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Anna Kárász (born 20 September 1991) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. She won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's K-4 500 metres.[1]

Career

She participated at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning a medal.[2] [3] At the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships she and her partner Danuta Kozák were disqualified, since their boat weighed in light.[4] She competed at the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup.[5]

Honors

She was named the 2014 Young Female Athlete of the Year by the Hungarian Olympic Committee. [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canoe Sprint - KARASZ Anna. dead. 2021-08-08. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807105355/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-sprint/athlete-profile-n1302870-karasz-anna.htm . 7 August 2021 .
  2. https://timetable.canoesprintportugal.com/uploads/XML_Provas/39/pdf/204.pdf K-2 500 m results
  3. Web site: European Canoe Association. 6 January 2021. www.canoe-europe.org.
  4. Web site: 26 August 2019. Team Hungary Claims Six Gold and Twelve Olympic Quotas in Szeged. 6 January 2021. Hungary Today. en.
  5. Web site: Anna Kárász Results. live. 2021-08-08. ICF - Planet Canoe. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709231610/https://www.canoeicf.com/node/4832/results . 9 July 2020 .
  6. Web site: 4 August 2016. Anna KARASZ. 6 January 2021. ICF – Planet Canoe. en.