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Name
  
Kinga Czigany


Role
  
Olympic athlete

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Kinga Czigány (born February 17, 1972) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

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Czigány also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (K-2 500 m: 1993, 1994; K-4 500 m: 1994) and two bronzes (K-4 500 m: 1993, 1995).

Awards

  • Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1992)
  • Hungarian kayaker of the Year (2): 1992, 1993
  • Member of the Hungarian team of year (with Rita Kőbán, Erika Mészáros, Éva Dónusz): 1992

    • References

    Kinga Czigány Wikipedia
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