Kristina Bedeč Explained

Kristina Bedeč
Country: (until 2011)
(2012)
(2013–present)
Sport:Canoe sprint
Canoe marathon
Birth Date:1986 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Győr, Hungary
Weight:59kg (130lb)

Kristina Bedeč (Serbian: Кристина Бедеч, also transliterated Kristina Bedec, Hungarian: Bedőcs Krisztina, also transliterated Krisztina Bedoecs; born 20 November 1986) is a Serbian sprint canoer. After representing her country of birth, Hungary, she briefly competed for Austria, and since 2013 she is representing Serbia.[1]

Her biggest successes in canoe sprint are winning the gold medal in women's K-1 1000 m at the 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships[2] and silver medal in the same discipline at the 2015 Canoe Sprint World Championships.

More recently, in canoe marathon, she has won a silver medal at the Canoe Marathon World Championships in 2019[3] and gold (and bronze) medal at the Canoe Marathon European Championships in 2021.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: A fél török kajak-kenu csapat magyar. 2014-08-08. Budaörsi Infó. 2021-07-11. hu.
  2. News: Dva zlata za srpske kajakašice u Moskvi. 2016-06-25. RTS. 2020-11-11. sr-RS.
  3. News: Kristina Bedeč osvojila srebro na Svetskom prvenstvu u maratonu. 2019-10-17. RTS. 2020-11-11. sr-RS.
  4. News: Kristina Bedeč šampionka Evrope u "malom maratonu". 2021-07-09. RTS. 2021-07-11. sr-RS.