Krisztina Fazekas-Zur

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Fazekas-Zur in 2012

Personal information

Nationality

Hungarian

Born

1 August 1980 (age 44)
Budapest, Hungary^[1]

Height

172 cm (5 ft 8 in)^[2]

Weight

64 kg (141 lb)

Sport

Canoe sprint

Club

Budapest SE (1990–1997)
Újpesti TE (1997–2000)
MTK (2001–2009)
Győri VSE (2012–)

Coached by

Rami Zur (husband)
Botond Storcz (national)^[3]

Medal record

Women's canoe sprint
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
	2012 London	K-4 500 m
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	K-4 500 m
World Championships
	2001 Poznań	K-4 200 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 1000 m
	2006 Szeged	K-4 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 1000 m
	2013 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
	2013 Duisburg	K-4 500 m
	2013 Duisburg	K-1 4×200 m
	2017 Račice	K-4 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 200 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 500 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-1 4×200 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-4 200 m
	2015 Milan	K-4 500 m
European Championships
	2006 Račice	K-4 500 m
	2007 Pontevedra	K-4 1000 m
	2008 Milan	K-4 200 m
	2008 Milan	K-4 1000 m
	2009 Brandenburg	K-4 200 m
	2016 Moscow	K-4 500 m
	2005 Poznań	K-4 200 m
	2007 Pontevedra	K-4 200 m
	2007 Pontevedra	K-4 500 m
	2008 Milan	K-4 500 m
	2008 Milan	K-2 200 m
	2012 Zagreb	K-4 500 m
Representing United States
World Championships
	2011 Szeged	K-1 1000 m

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 4 × 200 m: 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]

1 Personal life
2 Awards
3 References
4 External links

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

For Pilisvörösvár award (2006)
Honorary Citizen of Pilisvörösvár (2012)
Pilisvörösvár Jubilee Medal (2012)
Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012)

Orders and special awards

Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
Ribbon Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

References

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Krisztina Fazekas Zur.

Krisztina Fazekas-Zur at the International Canoe Federation
Krisztina Fazekas at Olympics.com
Krisztina Fazekas at Olympic.org (archived)
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Official website