Tamara Takács

Tamara Takács (born 29 July 1996) is a Hungarian-born Turkish sprint canoeist.

Tamara Takács

Takács in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Turkish
Born	(1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 (age 29) Győr, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Sprint kayak
Event(s)	K-4 500 m, K-1 1000, K-2 1000
Medal record Women's sprint kayak Representing  Hungary World Championships 2017 Račice K-4 500 m European Championships 2017 Plovdiv K-1 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m 2018 Belgrade K-1 5000 m 2016 Moscow K-2 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-1 1000 m 2018 Belgrade K-1 1000 m

Career

In July 2017, Takács competed at the 2017 Canoe Sprint European Championships and won gold medals in the K-1 500 metres and K-4 500 metres. In August 2017, she represented Hungary at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships and won a gold medal in the K-4 500 metres.^[1]

In June 2018, she competed at the 2018 Canoe Sprint European Championships and won a gold medal in the K-1 5000 metres and a silver medal in the K-1 1000 metres.^[2] In February 2019, she recorded an anti-doping rule violation, when Stanozolol was found in her sample. She pleaded not guilty and received a four year competition ban.^[3][4] After her ban, she was no longer able to compete for the Hungarian national team, and became a naturalized citizen of Turkey.^[5]