Gabriella Szabó

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

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
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1986-08-14) 14 August 1986
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubKSI (1997–2006)
Dunaferr SE (2006–2008)
Bp. Honvéd (2008–)
Coached byFerenc 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 LondonK-4 500 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-2 500 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-4 500 m
2008 BeijingK-4 500 m
World Championships
2009 DartmouthK-2 500 m
2010 PoznańK-2 500 m
2010 PoznańK-2 1000 m
2011 SzegedK-4 500 m
2013 DuisburgK-2 1000 m
2013 DuisburgK-4 500 m
2014 MoscowK-2 500 m
2014 MoscowK-4 500 m
2015 MilanK-2 500 m
2015 MilanK-4 500 m
2007 DuisburgK-2 1000 m
European Championships
2011 BelgradeK-2 1000 m
2014 BrandenburgK-2 500 m
2014 BrandenburgK-4 500 m
2011 BelgradeK-4 500 m
2012 ZagrebK-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

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.


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