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Gábor Horváth (born 15 November 1971 in
Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Gold Cross (1996)
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Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2000)
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Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2004)
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Budapest
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) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
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who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing in three Summer Olympics
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, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with two golds (2000
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, 2004
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) and one silver (1996
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).
A member of the Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its association football, football team ...
club, Horváth also had outstanding success at the canoeing World Championships.
Horvath is a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC
Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its association football, football team ...
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
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* * 1971 births Budapest Honvéd FC canoers Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Canoeists from Budapest Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub