Gabriella Szabó

This article is about the Hungarian sprint canoer. For the Romanian track and field athlete, see Gabriela Szabo.

The native form of this personal name is Szabó Gabriella. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Gabriella Szabó (born 14 August 1986) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Gabriella Szabó

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	KSI (1997–2006) Dunaferr SE (2006–2008) Bp. Honvéd (2008–)
Coached by	Ferenc Csipes
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 1 0 World Championships 9 1 1 European Championships 3 2 0 European Games 0 0 0 Total 15 4 1 Olympic Games 2012 London K-4 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m World Championships 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 2010 Poznań K-2 500 m 2010 Poznań K-2 1000 m 2011 Szeged K-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 1000 m 2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m 2015 Milan K-2 500 m 2015 Milan K-4 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-2 1000 m European Championships 2011 Belgrade K-2 1000 m 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m 2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m 2011 Belgrade K-4 500 m 2012 Zagreb K-4 500 m

Career

She won the silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Szabó also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-2 500 m: 2009, 2010; K-2 1000 m: 2010; K-4 500 m: 2011) and a bronze (K-2 1000 m: 2007).

Szabó also won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas for Hungary^[1]

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Hungary in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Anna Kárász, Danuta Kozák, and Ninetta Vad. She earned a gold medal.

In August 2016, she also won two gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the Kayak Double (K2) 500m with Danuta Kozák and in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with Danuta Kozák, Tamara Csipes and Krisztina Fazekas Zur for Hungary. In both teams she served as the stroke for the unit.

Awards

• Junior Príma award (2008)
• Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012)
• Honorary Citizen of Zugló (2012)
• Hungarian university athlete of the year (1): 2015

Orders and special awards

• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2008)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gabriella Szabó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012.

• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.

External links

• Gabriella Szabó at the International Canoe Federation
• Gabriella Szabó at Olympedia
• Gabriella Szabó at Olympics.com
• Gabriella Szabó at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
• Canoe09.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 August 2009)