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The native form of this personal name is Fazekas Krisztina. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Krisztina Fazekas-Zur
Fazekas-Zur in 2012
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 44)
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubBudapest SE (1990–1997)
Újpesti TE (1997–2000)
MTK (2001–2009)
Győri VSE (2012–)
Coached byRami Zur (husband)
Botond Storcz (national)[3]
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Poznań K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg K-1 4×200 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Račice K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Duisburg K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4×200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Milan K-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Račice K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Pontevedra K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Milan K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Milan K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Brandenburg K-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Moscow K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2005 Poznań K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Pontevedra K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Pontevedra K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Milan K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Milan K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb K-4 500 m
Representing  United States
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 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]

Personal life

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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

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Orders and special awards

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Krisztina Fazekas Zur". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Krisztina Fazekas-Zur". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Krisztina Fazekas-Zur". nbcolympics.com.
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