Krisztina Fazekas Zur

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

Krisztina Fazekas-Zur

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Budapest SE (1990–1997) Újpesti TE (1997–2000) MTK (2001–2009) Győri VSE (2012–)
Medal record Representing Hungary Olympic Games 2012 London 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).

Fazekas Zur also won the Gold Medal in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event at the London Olympics with Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák and Katalin Kovács for Hungary.

Personal

She is married to her coach Rami Zur, a former Olympic canoeist for Israel and United States. She lives in California and represented the United States in 2011, but returned to competing for Hungary winning gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Canoe09.ca profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
• Official website

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