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Representing  Hungary
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1992 Barcelona | K-4 500 m |
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1988 Seoul | K-4 500 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1986 Montreal | K-2 500 m |
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1986 Montreal | K-4 500 m |
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1989 Plovdiv | K-2 500 m |
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1989 Plovdiv | K-4 500 m |
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1990 Poznań | K-2 500 m |
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1990 Poznań | K-2 5000 m |
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1990 Poznań | K-4 500 m |
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1991 Paris | K-2 500 m |
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1991 Paris | K-4 500 m |
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1993 Copenhagen | K-2 5000 m |
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1993 Copenhagen | K-4 500 m |
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.
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)
- 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: 13 January 2016.
- 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: 11 March 2016.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erika Mészáros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- 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.
External links
- Erika Mészáros at Olympics.com
- Erika Mészáros at Olympedia (archive)
- Erika Mészáros at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
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