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Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 12 April 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paracanoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | KL2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | NKM Szeged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katalin Varga (born 12 April 1986) is a Hungarian paracanoeist. She represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Varga represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's KL2 event and won a bronze medal. [1]
She competed at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and won a bronze medal in the women's KL2 event. She competed at the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and again won a bronze medal. [2]
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