Krisztina Fazekas Zur

The native form of this personal name is Fazekas Krisztina. This article uses the Western name order.
Krisztina Fazekas-Zur

Fazekas-Zur in 2012
Personal information
Nationality Hungarian
Born (1980-08-01) 1 August 1980
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
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
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 7 6 0
European Championships 0 0 1
European Games 0 0 0
Total 9 6 1
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–1 200 m relay
2007 Duisburg K-4 200 m
2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m
2009 Dartmouth K-1 4 x 200 m
2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
2015 Milan K-4 500 m
European Championships
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 x 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

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]

In 2013 she founded the Path of Champions Foundation (Hungarian: Bajnokok Utja Alapitvany) that aims to help children through sport.[3]

Awards and honours

Orders and special awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Krisztina Fazekas Zur. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 Krisztina Fazekas-Zur. rio2016.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Krisztina Fazekas-Zur. nbcolympics.com
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