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Csaba Horváth (canoeist)

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Name
  
Csaba Horvath


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Csaba Horváth (born June 7, 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won two medals with teammate György Kolonics. This included a gold in the C-2 500 m and a bronze in the C-2 1000 m events.

Horváth also won nineteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with 13 gold (C-2 200 m: 1995, C-2 500 m: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998; C-2 1000 m: 1995, C-4 200 m: 1995, C-4 500 m: 1995, 1997, 1998; C-4 1000 m: 1993, 1994, 1998), five silvers (C-2 200 m: 1994, C-2 500 m: 1994, C-2 1000 m: 1997, C-4 200 m: 1994, 1997), and one bronze (C-4 1000 m: 1999).

Awards

  • Member of the Hungarian team of year (with György Kolonics): 1995, 1996
  • Hungarian canoer of the Year (3): 1995, 1996, 1998
  • Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (1996)
  • References

    Csaba Horváth (canoeist) Wikipedia