Erika Mészáros
Erika Mészáros (born 24 June 1966 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.
Medal record | ||
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Women's canoe sprint | ||
Representing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1992 Barcelona | K-4 500 m | |
1988 Seoul | K-4 500 m | |
World Championships | ||
1986 Montreal | K-2 500 m | |
1986 Montreal | K-4 500 m | |
1989 Plovdiv | K-2 500 m | |
1989 Plovdiv | K-4 500 m | |
1990 Poznań | K-2 500 m | |
1990 Poznań | K-2 5000 m | |
1990 Poznań | K-4 500 m | |
1991 Paris | K-2 500 m | |
1991 Paris | K-4 500 m | |
1993 Copenhagen | K-2 5000 m | |
1993 Copenhagen | K-4 500 m |
Mészáros also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 500 m and K-4 500 m: both 1986), eight silvers (K-2 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991; K-2 5000 m: 1990, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 1993).
Her father, György, won two Olympic canoeing silver medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, earning them in the K-1 4 x 500 m relay and K-2 1000 m events.
Awards
- Hungarian kayaker of the Year (4): 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992
Work Order of Merit of Hungarian People's Republic – Silver Cross (1988) Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1992) - Member of the Hungarian team of year (with Rita Kőbán, Éva Dónusz, Kinga Czigány): 1992
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References
- Erika Mészáros at DatabaseOlympics.com at Archive.today (archived January 21, 2013)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Erika Mészáros at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. p. 495.
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