Zsolt Gyulay
Gyulay (center) at the 1996 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) (age 60) Vác, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bp. Honvéd MTK Budapest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zsolt Gyulai (born 12 September 1964) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. He competed at 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won four medals: two gold (1988: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m) and two silver (1992: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m). He also won fourteen medals at the world championships: six golds (K-1 1000 m: 1989, K-4 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991), four silvers (K-1 500 m: 1986, K-2 500 m: 1995, K-4 1000 m: 1993, 1995), and four bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1991, K-2 200 m: 1995, K-2 500 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1993).
Gyulay was elected President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) on 29 January 2022, succeeding Krisztián Kulcsár. He took the position on 1 February 2022, shortly before the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1]
Awards
- Hungarian kayaker of the Year (3): 1988, 1989, 1992
- Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic – Order of Stars (1988)
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1992)
- MOB Golden ring (1995)
References
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- Zsolt Gyulay at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
External links
- Zsolt Gyulay at Olympedia
- Zsolt Gyulay at Olympics.com
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Preceded by | President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee 2022– | Incumbent |
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- 1976: Vasile Dîba (ROU)
- 1980: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS)
- 1984: Ian Ferguson (NZL)
- 1988: Zsolt Gyulay (HUN)
- 1992: Mikko Kolehmainen (FIN)
- 1996: Antonio Rossi (ITA)
- 2000: Knut Holmann (NOR)
- 2004: Adam van Koeverden (CAN)
- 2008: Ken Wallace (AUS)
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