Hungarian Canoe Federation

Hungarian Canoe Federation
SportCanoeing
Founded30 July 1941
AffiliationInternational Canoe Federation
Affiliation date1946
Regional affiliationEuropean Canoe Association
PresidentEtele Baráth
Official website
kajakkenusport.hu
Hungary

The Hungarian Canoe Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Kajak-Kenu Szövetség, MKKSZ) is the governing body of Canoe in Hungary. It organizes the Hungarian representation at international competitions and the Hungarian National Championships.

The Federation was formed on July 30, 1941, in Budapest. It became a member of the International Canoe Federation and of the European Canoe Association.

International competitions in Hungary

World Championships:

European Championships:

International achievements

Event Pos.
Olympic Games 22 29 26 3rd
World Championships 200 150 134 1st
European Championships 112 99 52 1st

Olympic Games

Botond Stocz - Olympic, World and European champion
Katalin Kovács - Olympic, World and European champion
János Parti - Olympic, World and European champion
Géza Csapó (r) - World and European champion
Rita Kőbán - Olympic, World and European champion
Danuta Kozák - Olympic, World and European champion
Imre Szőlősi - World and European champion
Natasa Janics - Olympic, World and European champion
Year Host city No. of
canoer
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1936 Germany Berlin 5 0 0 0 0 -
1948 United Kingdom London 5 0 0 0 0 -
1952 Finland Helsinki 12 0 2 1 3 VII.
1956 Australia Melbourne 13 1 3 3 7 IV.
1960 Italy Rome 9 1 3 2 6 II.
1964 Japan Tokyo 10 0 1 0 1 VI.
1968 Mexico Mexico City 10 2 3 1 6 I.
1972 West Germany Munich 12 0 2 2 4 V.
1976 Canada Montreal 14 0 3 5 8 V.
1980 Soviet Union Moscow 16 1 1 1 3 V.
1988 South Korea Seoul 16 2 1 1 4 III.
1992 Spain Barcelona 14 1 3 2 6 III.
1996 United States Atlanta 19 2 1 3 6 IV.
2000 Australia Sydney 15 4 2 1 7 I.
2004 Greece Athens 16 3 1 2 6 II.
2008 China Beijing 16 2 1 1 4 III.
2012 United Kingdom London 13 3 2 1 6 II.
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 18 3 0 0 3 III.
2020 Japan Tokyo
Total 25 29 26 80 III.

World Championships

Year Host city Gold Silver Bronze Total
1938 Sweden Vaxholm 0 1 0 1 VI.
1954 France Mâcon 6 5 5 16 I.
1958 Czechoslovakia Prague 1 5 0 6 IV.
1963 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jajce 2 0 4 6 IV.
1966 East Germany East Berlin 3 3 5 11 III.
1970 Denmark Copenhagen 2 2 3 7 III.
1971 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade 4 5 2 11 II.
1973 Finland Tampere 7 4 5 16 II.
1974 Mexico Mexico City 3 4 3 10 III.
1975 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade 4 3 5 12 II.
1977 Bulgaria Sofia 3 4 4 11 III.
1978 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade 4 2 2 8 II.
1979 West Germany Duisburg 2 2 3 7 IV.
1981 United Kingdom Nottingham 3 3 2 8 III.
1982 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade 2 3 6 11 III.
1983 Finland Tampere 1 2 2 5 IV.
1985 Belgium Mechelen 3 3 2 8 II.
1986 Canada Montreal 7 3 1 11 I.
1987 West Germany Duisburg 2 5 2 9 II.
1989 Bulgaria Plovdiv 3 6 2 11 III.
1990 Poland Poznań 2 6 3 11 III.
1991 France Paris 4 5 3 12 II.
1993 Denmark Copenhagen 5 5 2 12 II.
1994 Mexico Mexico City 6 12 2 20 I.
1995 Germany Duisburg 9 3 3 15 I.
1997 Canada Dartmouth 8 6 2 16 II.
1998 Hungary Szeged 7 5 5 17 I.
1999 Italy Milan 6 2 8 16 II.
2001 Poland Poznań 8 4 4 16 I.
2002 Spain Seville 6 1 4 11 I.
2003 United States Gainesville 10 1 3 14 I.
2005 Croatia Zagreb 6 3 3 12 II.
2006 Hungary Szeged 12 2 4 18 I.
2007 Germany Duisburg 9 3 6 18 II.
2009 Canada Dartmouth 6 4 2 12 II.
2010 Poland Poznań 6 5 1 12 I.
2011 Hungary Szeged 6 1 3 10 II.
2013 Germany Duisburg 7 5 5 17 II.
2014 Russia Moscow 6 5 6 17 I.
2015 Italy Milan 3 6 4 13 III.
2017 Czech Republic Račice
2018 Portugal Montemor-o-Velho
2019 Hungary Szeged
Total 200 150 134 484 I.

European Championships

Year Host city Gold Silver Bronze Total
1957 Belgium Ghent 3 1 2 6
1959 West Germany Duisburg 7 6 4 17
1961 Poland Poznań 4 2 5 11
1963 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jajce 2 0 4 6
1965 Romania Bucharest 1 3 4 8
1967 West Germany Duisburg 2 1 2 5
1969 Soviet Union Moscow 4 3 4 11
1997 Bulgaria Plovdiv 9 6 3 18 I.
1999 Croatia Zagreb 2 9 1 12 IV.
2000 Poland Poznań 5 7 3 15 I.
2001 Italy Milan 8 9 3 20 I.
2002 Hungary Szeged 10 7 2 19 I.
2004 Poland Poznań 10 4 4 18 I.
2005 Poland Poznań 6 7 2 15 II.
2006 Czech Republic Račice 10 4 4 18 I.
2007 Spain Pontevedra 6 7 7 20 II.
2008 Italy Milan 6 7 5 18 I.
2009 Germany Brandenburg 6 9 2 17 II.
2010 Spain Trasona 6 4 2 12 II.
2011 Serbia Belgrade 6 2 2 10 I.
2012 Croatia Zagreb 5 2 3 10 II.
2013 Portugal Montemor-o-Velho 4 3 5 12 III.
2014 Germany Brandenburg 8 5 0 13 I.
2015 Czech Republic Račice 0 2 0 2 XII.
2016 Russia Moscow 5 5 4 14 I.
2017 Germany Duisburg
Total 112 99 52 263 I.

Notable kayakers, canoers

Canoe (C)

Men's
  • Gábor Árva (1948– ), World champion
  • Gábor Balázs ( – ), World and European medalist
  • Péter Balázs (1906–1989), 2x World champion and European medalist
  • Béla Belicza (1969– ), 2x World and 2x European champion
  • Lajos Bodnár (1937–2005), World medalist
  • István Bodor (1927– ), World medalist
  • Zsolt Bohács (1964– ), 5x World and European champion
  • Boldizsár Gáspár (1967– ), 2x World champion
  • Attila Bozsik, 2x European champion and World medalist
  • Tamás Buday (1952– ), 4x World champion and Olympic medalist
  • Miklós Buzál, European champion and World medalist
  • Edvin Csabai (1976– ), World Games, 17x World and 4x European champion
  • István Cserha (1945–2001), European champion and World medalist
  • Ferenc Csonka, World medalist
  • Miklós Darvas (1949– ), World champion
  • Gyula Dömötör (1933– ), European champion
  • Dr. Dezső Csépai, World medalist
  • Dr. János Parti (1932–1999), Olympic, World and 3x European champion
  • Oszkár Faix, European medalist
  • Imre Farkas, Olympic and European medalist
  • Imre Feil, European medalist
  • László Foltán (1953– ), Olympic and 3x World champion
  • ifj. László Foltán, World and 2x European champion
  • Oszkár Frey (1953– ), World champion and Olympic medalist
  • Gábor Fürdök, 2x European champion
  • Áron Gajárszki, World medalist
  • Attila Györe (1975– ), World Games, 11x World and 7x European champion
  • István Gyulai (1966– ), World champion
  • Endre Gyűrű (1945– ), World medalist
  • Antal Hajba (1938– ), World champion
  • Gyula Hajdú (1957– ), World champion
  • József Halmai (1934– ), World champion
  • Gábor Haraszti (1948–1986), World medalist
  • István Hernek (1935– ), Olympic and World medalist
  • László Hingl (1945– ), European champion and World medalist
  • Ervin Hoffmann (1969– ), 4x World champion and European medalist
  • Csaba Horváth (1971– ), Olympic, 13x World and 2x European champion
  • Gábor Horváth, 2x World champion and European medalist
  • András Hubik, World medalist
  • József Hunics (1936–2012), European champion and Olympic medalist
  • Csaba Hüttner (1971– ), 4x World and 2x European champion
  • Endre Ipacs (1971– ), World medalist
  • Gábor Iván, World and 2x European champion
  • Márton Joób, 3x World champion and European medalist
  • Tamás Kiss, Olympic medalist
  • György Kolonics (1972–2008), 2x Olympic, 15x World and 3x European champion
  • Gergely Kovács, European medalist
  • György Kozmann (1978– ), 3x World, 3x European champion and Olympic medalist
  • Gusztáv Leikep (1966– ), World medalist
  • Attila Lipták, World medalist
  • Gábor Máté, European medalist
  • Márton Metka, World and European medalist
  • Róbert Mike, European champion and World medalist
  • Ferenc Mohácsi (1929– ), Olympic medalist
  • Gergő Németh, World medalist
  • Ferenc Novák (1969– ), Olympic, 3x World and 2x European champion
  • Gábor Novák (1934– ), European champion, World and Olympic medalist
  • Attila Pálizs (1967– ), World champion
  • Zoltán Parti, World medalist
  • András Péter, World medalist
  • Pál Pétervári (1955– ), World champion
  • Gyula Petrikovics (1943–2005), World, European champion and Olympic medalist
  • Péter Povázsay (1946– ), World champion
  • Imre Pulai (1967– ), Olympic, 4x World and European champion
  • Róbert Rideg, World medalist
  • Mátyás Sáfrán, European champion and World medalist
  • Mihály Sáfrán, European champion and World medalist
  • Pál Sarudi, World champion and European medalist
  • János Sarusi Kiss (1960– ), 4x World champion
  • Mihály Sasvári, World medalist
  • László Simári, World medalist
  • Árpád Soltész, World medalist
  • Attila Szabó (1963– ), 5x World champion
  • Csaba Szántó (1945– ), World medalist
  • Károly Szegedi (1953–1978), World medalist
  • László Szuszkó (1973– ), 2x World and European champion
  • Gábor Takács (1959–2007), World medalist
  • Tibor Takács (1969– ), 2x World and European champion
  • Tibor Tatai (1944– ), Olympic, World champion and European medalist
  • András Törő (1940– ), Olympic medalist
  • Márton Tóth, European champion and World medalist
  • József Tuza (1928–2008), World medalist
  • Attila Vajda (1983– ), Olympic, 3x World and 2x European champion
  • Zsolt Varga, World medalist
  • Henrik Vasbányai, World and European medalist
  • István Vaskuti (1955– ), Olympic and 9x World champion
  • Attila Végh, European champion and World medalist
  • Viktor Volein, European medalist
  • Tamás Wichmann (1948–2020), 9x World, 3x European champion and Olympic medalist
  • Károly Wieland (1934– ), World champion and Olympic medalist
  • György Zala (1969– ), World, European champion and Olympic medalist
Women's
  • Gyöngyvér Baravics ( – ), World medalist
  • Zsanett Lakatos, World and European champion
  • Dorina Obermayer, World medalist
  • Kincső Takács, European champion and World medalist

Kayak (K)

Men's
  • Attila Ábrahám (1967– ), Olympic and 5x World champion
  • Attila Ádám ( – ), World medalist
  • Attila Adrovicz (1966– ), Olympic and World medalist
  • Mihály Agócs (1972– )
  • Gábor Almási, World medalist
  • Péter Almási (1975– ), European champion
  • Ákos Angyal, World medalist
  • Zoltán Angyal (1953– ), World medalist
  • Zoltán Antal, World medalist
  • Balázs Babella, 2x World and 2x European champion
  • László Babella (1939– )
  • Zoltán Bakó (1951– ), 5x World champion and Olympic medalist
  • Kamill Balatoni (1912–1945), World medalist
  • Krisztián Bártfai (1974– ), World champion, Olympic and European medalist
  • Márton Bauer, World medalist
  • István Beé (1972– ), 5x World and 5x European champion
  • Tamás Benkő, World medalist
  • Zoltán Benkő, 2x European champion
  • Zoltán Berkes ( ), World medalist
  • Zsolt Böjti (1966– ), World champion
  • József Bokody (1928– ),
  • Zsombor Borhi (1972– ), 2x World and European champion
  • Attila Boros (1982– ), World and European medalist
  • Gergely Boros, World and European champion
  • Gábor Bozsik, World champion and European medalist
  • Attila Csamangó, World and European medalist
  • Géza Csapó (1950– ), 6x World champion and Olympic medalist
  • Attila Császár, World medalist
  • Ferenc Cseh, World medalist
  • Ferenc Csipes (1965– ), Olympic and 8x World champion
  • István Csizmadia (1944– ), World champion, Olympic and European medalist
  • Tibor Komáromi (1939– ), European champion
  • József Deme (1951– ), 2x World champion and Olympic medalist
  • Rudolf Dombi (1986– ), Olympic, European champion and World medalist
  • Dr. István Irmai, World medalist
  • Dr. László Nagy (1931–2004), European medalist
  • Dr. László Nagy (1930– ), World champion and European medalist
  • Miklós Dudás (1991– ), World and European medalist
  • Sámuel Egri, European medalist
  • István Fábián, World medalist
  • László Fábián (1936– ), Olympic, 4x World and 5x European champion
  • Vince Fehérvári (1972– ), 7x World and 5x European champion
  • László Fidel (1965– ), 5x World champion and Olympic medalist
  • Csaba Giczy (1945– ), 3x World, European champion and Olympic medalist
  • László Gindl (1965– ), World champion
  • Gábor Gönczy, European medalist
  • József Gurovits (1928– ), Olympic medalist
  • Gergely Gyertyános, World and European champion
  • Lajos Gyökös, World champion and European medalist
  • Zsolt Gyulay (1964– ), 2x Olympic, 6x World champion
  • Gergely Hadvina, European medalist
  • Ferenc Hatlaczky (1934–1986), World, European champion and Olympic medalist
  • Endre Hazsik (1941– ), World medalist
  • Róbert Hegedűs (1973– ), 7x World and 5x European champion
  • Tibor Helyi (1963– ), World champion
  • Iván Herczeg (1943– ), World champion
  • Mihály Hesz (1943– ), Olympic, 2x World champion and European medalist
  • Sándor Hódosi (1966– ), Olympic and 2x World champion
  • Gábor Horváth (1971– ), 2x Olympic, 3x World and 2x European champion
  • István Joós (1953– ), Olympic and World medalist
  • Viktor Kadler, 2x World and 2x European champion
  • Gyula Kajner (1967– ), 3x World and European champion
  • Zoltán Kammerer (1978– ), 3x Olympic, 3x World and 5x European champion
  • Imre Kemecsei (1941– ), European champion, Olympic and World medalist
  • Lajos Kiss (1934–2014), World and European medalist
  • Roland Kökény (1975– ), Olympic, 2x World and 2x European champion
  • Ottó Koltai (1943– ), World champion
  • Péter Konecsni, World medalist
  • Kálmán Kovács (1942– ), World and European medalist
  • László Kovács (1932– ), World champion and European medalist
  • Zoltán Kovács (1965– ), 3x World champion
  • Géza Kralován (1946– ), World champion
  • Gábor Kucsera (1982– ), 2x World and 3x European champion
  • Gábor Kulcsár (1963– ), World champion
  • Tamás Kulifai (1989– ), World champion, Olympic and European medalist
  • Zoltán Lőrinczy, World medalist
  • György Mészáros (1933–2015), World, 2x European champion and Olympic medalist
  • István Mészáros (1933–1994), World champion
  • Péter Molnár, 2x European champion
  • Tibor Nagy (1947– ), World champion
  • Vilmos Nagy, World medalist
  • Szabolcs Németh, World and European medalist
  • László Nieberl, World medalist
  • Milán Noé, European medalist
  • László Novotny (1941– ), European medalist
  • Zoltán Páger (1967– ), World champion
  • Gábor Pankotai (1971– ), World champion
  • Dániel Pauman (1986– ), Olympic and European medalist
  • József Péhl (1932–2015), World medalist
  • János Petróczky (1937– ), 2x European champion and World medalist
  • Béla Petrovics, World medalist
  • Kálmán Petrovics (1961– ), World champion
  • András Rajna (1960– ), Olympic and World medalist
  • János Rátkai (1951– ), World champion and Olympic medalist
  • Zoltán Romhányi, World medalist
  • Róbert Schaffhauser, World medalist
  • Márton Sík, World and European medalist
  • András Sován (1933–1998), European champion and World medalist
  • Botond Storcz (1975– ), 3x Olympic, 4x World and 4x European champion
  • József Svidró (1950– ), World champion
  • Gábor Szabó, World medalist
  • István Szabó (1950– ), 5x World champion and Olympic medalist
  • László Szabó, World medalist
  • Zsolt Szádovszky (1974– ), World medalist
  • Tamás Szalai, European champion
  • András Szente, European champion, Olympic and World medalist
  • Zoltán Szigeti (1932– ), World champion
  • István Szijjártó, World medalist
  • Imre Szőlősi, World, 5x European champion and Olympic medalist
  • Ervin Szörenyi, World medalist
  • Zoltán Sztanity (1954– ), World champion and Olympic medalist
  • István Tímár (1940–1994), 2x World champion, Olympic and European medalist
  • Dávid Tóth (1985– ), World champion, Olympic and European medalist
  • István Tóth, World medalist
  • János Urányi (1924–1964), Olympic, World and European champion
  • László Ürögi (1940– ), World and 2x European champion
  • Imre Vágyóczky (1932– ), World champion
  • Ferenc Varga (1925– ), Olympic and World medalist
  • Csongor Varga (1946– ), 3x World champion
  • Péter Várhelyi (1950– ), World champion
  • Dezső Veréb (1935–2005), European medalist
  • Krisztián Veréb (1977– ), 3x World and European champion
  • Ákos Vereckei (1977– ), 2x Olympic, 6x World and 8x European champion
  • László Vincze, World medalist
  • Péter Völgyi, World medalist
  • Ferenc Wagner (1929–2011), World medalist
Women's

Presidents

  • Dr. György Brehm (1941–1943)
  • Dr. Ferenc Mező (1947–1951)
  • Pál Csillag (1951–1956)
  • Sándor Gelle (1956–1958)
  • Rudolf Krapp (1958–1959)
  • József Máray (1960– )
  • János Vasadi (1981–1988)
  • Jenő Mauer (1988–1989)
  • dr. István Boldizsár (1989–1992)
  • István Jakubovics (1992–1995)
  • dr. Etele Baráth (1995– )

Current sponsorships

  • A-Híd - Official sponsor
  • Gránit Bank - Official sponsor
  • Mercedes-Benz - Official sponsor
  • Nelo - Official sponsor
  • Plastex - Official sponsor
  • Adidas - Official sponsor
  • MTVA - Official sponsor
  • Hungaroplakát - Official sponsor
  • Nemzeti Sport - Official sponsor
  • Rádió88 - Official sponsor
  • Inforádió - Official sponsor
  • Over magazin - Official sponsor
  • Tara Strong - Big fan

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