Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals in the C-1 1000 m event, earning them in 1992 and 1996.
Zala, a hyperactive child, took up canoeing at the age of 11. A great natural athlete despite suffering from asthma, it seemed he was only truly motivated by the Olympics. Between Olympiads he tended to fall out of sight, focussing instead on his other passions such as extreme sports.
It was not until later in his career that he won any world or European championship titles. He took to his new role as the "old man" of the Hungarian four-man crew with enthusiasm, helping his younger teammates to victory in the C-4 1000 m event at the 2000 European Championships in Poznań. The following year he returned to Poznań, this time for the world championships and, despite injury, won two golds (C-4 200 m and C-4 1000 m). Zala also won six additional world championship medals with four silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1990, C-4 500 m: 1989, 2001; C-4 1000 m: 1995) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1990, C-2 1000 m: 1998).
He is 173 cm (5'8) tall and raced at 84 kg (185 lbs).
ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
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györgy, zala, canoeist, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, august, 2012, learn,. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations August 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message The native form of this personal name is Zala Gyorgy This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Gyorgy Zala born January 19 1969 in Budapest is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1989 to 2001 Gyorgy Zala Medal recordMen s canoe sprintOlympic Games1992 Barcelona C 1 1000 m1996 Atlanta C 1 1000 mWorld Championships2001 Poznan C 4 200 m2001 Poznan C 4 1000 m1989 Plovdiv C 4 500 m1990 Poznan C 1 1000 m1995 Dusiburg C 4 1000 m2001 Poznan C 4 500 m1990 Poznan C 2 500 m1998 Szeged C 2 1000 mCompeting in three Summer Olympics he won two bronze medals in the C 1 1000 m event earning them in 1992 and 1996 Zala a hyperactive child took up canoeing at the age of 11 A great natural athlete despite suffering from asthma it seemed he was only truly motivated by the Olympics Between Olympiads he tended to fall out of sight focussing instead on his other passions such as extreme sports It was not until later in his career that he won any world or European championship titles He took to his new role as the old man of the Hungarian four man crew with enthusiasm helping his younger teammates to victory in the C 4 1000 m event at the 2000 European Championships in Poznan The following year he returned to Poznan this time for the world championships and despite injury won two golds C 4 200 m and C 4 1000 m Zala also won six additional world championship medals with four silvers C 1 1000 m 1990 C 4 500 m 1989 2001 C 4 1000 m 1995 and two bronzes C 2 500 m 1990 C 2 1000 m 1998 He is 173 cm 5 8 tall and raced at 84 kg 185 lbs References editGeneral references edit ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships Part 1 flatwater now sprint 1936 2007 at the Wayback Machine archived 2010 01 05 ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships Part 2 rest of flatwater now sprint and remaining canoeing disciplines 1936 2007 at WebCite archived 2009 11 09 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Gyorgy Zala Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 nbsp nbsp This article about a Hungarian canoeist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about an Olympic medalist of Hungary is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gyorgy Zala canoeist amp oldid 1156536957, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
