MTK Budapest (canoeing)

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MTK Budapest is a canoeing team based in Budapest, Hungary. MTK's canoeing section is composed of men and women teams.

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Current squad

Technical and Managerial Staff

Canoeing team officials according to the official website: [1]

NameNat.Job
Tamás Wichmann Flag of Hungary.svg Chairman of section
András Rajna Flag of Hungary.svg Section Director
Rita Kőbán Flag of Hungary.svg Coach
István Hargittai Flag of Hungary.svg Coach
Péter Balázs Flag of Hungary.svg Coach (canoe)
Éva Berekalli Flag of Hungary.svg Coach
István Pruzsinszky Flag of Hungary.svg Coach

Honours

Olympic medalists

The team's olympic medalists are shown below. [2] [3]

GamesMedalCategoryName
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome Silver medal icon.svg Silver Men's K-1 4x500 m Imre Kemecsey - I. Szöllősi, A. Szente, Gy. Mészáros
Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 Mexico City Silver medal icon.svg Silver Men's C-2 1000 m Tamás Wichmann - Gy. Petrikovics
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Munich Silver medal icon.svg Silver Men's C-1 1000 m Tamás Wichmann
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Montreal Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Men's C-1 1000 m Tamás Wichmann
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Men's K-2 1000 m István Szabó - Z. Bakó
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 Moscow Silver medal icon.svg Silver Men's K-2 1000 m István Szabó - I. Joós
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta Silver medal icon.svg Silver Men's K-4 1000 m András Rajna - G. Horváth, F. Csipes, A. Adrovicz
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney Gold medal icon.svg Gold Men's K-2 500 m Botond Storcz - Z. Kammerer
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Men's K-4 1000 m Botond Storcz - Z. Kammerer, Á. Vereckei, G. Horváth
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Men's K-2 1000 m Krisztián Bártfai - K. Veréb
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Gold medal icon.svg Gold Women's K-2 500 m Katalin Kovács - N. Janics
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Women's K-4 500 m Katalin Kovács - Sz. Szabó, E. Viski, K. Bóta
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing Gold medal icon.svg Gold Women's K-2 500 m Katalin Kovács - N. Janics
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Women's K-4 500 m Katalin Kovács - G. Szabó, D. Kozák, N. Janics
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London Silver medal icon.svg Silver Men's K-4 1000 m Dávid Tóth, Tamás Kulifai, Dániel Pauman - Z. Kammerer

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References

  1. "Szakmai stáb". mtk.hu.
  2. "Olimpikonjaink (kereső)". Magyar Olimpiai Bizottsag (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. Kajak kenu results. MTK kajak-kenu eredmények mtk.hu (in Hungarian) Retrieved 18 December 2022