Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1971)

For Hungarian sprint canoeist in Canadian discipline, see Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1985).

The native form of this personal name is Horváth Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Gábor Horváth (born 15 November 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with two golds (2000, 2004) and one silver (1996).

Gábor Horváth

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 (age 53) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Bp. Honvéd
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Hungary Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 1 0 World Championships 3 4 6 European Championships 2 3 1 Total 7 8 7 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney K-4 1000 m 2004 Athens K-4 1000 m 1996 Atlanta K-4 1000 m World Championships 1999 Milan K-4 1000 m 2006 Szeged K-4 1000 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 1000 m 1997 Dartmouth K-4 200 m 1999 Milan K-2 500 m 2001 Poznań K-4 1000 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 500 m 1994 Mexico City K-4 500 m 1997 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 1998 Szeged K-2 500 m 1999 Milan K-4 500 m 2002 Seville K-4 200 m

A member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club, Horváth also had outstanding success at the canoeing World Championships.

Horvath is a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club.

Awards

Orders and special awards

• Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Gold Cross (1996)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2000)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2004)

References

• Kataca.hu profile (in Hungarian)
• 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.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gábor Horváth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

External links

• Gábor Horváth at Olympedia
• Gábor Horváth at Olympics.com