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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]
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]