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This page 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.
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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
Gold 2012 London K-4 500 m
Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m
Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m
Silver 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Gold 2010 Poznań K-2 500 m
Gold 2010 Poznań K-2 1000 m
Gold 2011 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold 2013 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Gold 2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m
Gold 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m
Gold 2015 Milan K-2 500 m
Silver 2015 Milan K-4 500 m
Bronze 2007 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
European Championships
Gold 2011 Belgrade K-2 1000 m
Gold 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m
Gold 2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m
Silver 2011 Belgrade K-4 500 m
Silver 2012 Zagreb K-4 500 m

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

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

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

See also

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