Krisztina Fazekas-Zur Explained

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Krisztina Fazekas-Zur
Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Date:1 August 1980
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary[1]
Height:172 cm[2]
Weight:64 kg
Sport:Canoe sprint
Club:Budapest SE (1990–1997)
Újpesti TE (1997–2000)
MTK (2001–2009)
Győri VSE (2012–)
Coach:Rami Zur (husband)
Botond Storcz (national)[3]
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Krisztina Fazekas-Zur (born 1 August 1980) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 200 m: 2001, K-4 500 m: 2006, K-4 1000 m: 2003, 2007) and five silvers (K-1 : 2009, K-4 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-4 500 m: 2007; K-1 1000 m: 2011).[1] [3]

Fazekas-Zur also won gold medals in the kayak four (K-4) 500 m team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[1] [2]

Personal life

Fazekas-Zur took up canoeing aged 10 together with her sister, following the example of her brother. She is married to her coach Rami Zur, a former Olympic canoeist for Israel and United States;[1] they have a son Noah.[3] She lives in California and represented the United States in 2011, but returned to competing for Hungary winning gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics[3] and also at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

In 2013, she founded the Path of Champions Foundation (Hungarian: Bajnokok Utja Alapitvany) that aims to help children through sport.[3]

Awards

Orders and special awards

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Notes and References

  1. Krisztina Fazekas Zur. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000542/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/krisztina-fazekas-zur-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .
  2. Web site: Krisztina Fazekas-Zur . https://web.archive.org/web/20161107020636/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/krisztina-fazekas-zur . 7 November 2016 . Rio2016.com.
  3. Web site: Krisztina Fazekas-Zur . nbcolympics.com.