Richard Riszdorfer
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Slovakia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2008 Beijing | K-4 1000 m | |
2004 Athens | K-4 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
2002 Seville | K-4 500 m | |
2002 Seville | K-4 1000 m | |
2003 Gainesville | K-4 500 m | |
2003 Gainesville | K-4 1000 m | |
2006 Szeged | K-4 500 m | |
2007 Duisburg | K-4 500 m | |
2005 Zagreb | K-4 1000 m | |
2009 Dartmouth | K-4 200 m | |
2001 Poznań | K-4 500 m | |
2007 Duisburg | K-4 1000 m | |
2009 Dartmouth | K-4 1000 m |
Richard Riszdorfer (Hungarian: Riszdorfer Richárd [ˈrizdorfɛr ˈrihaːrd]; born 17 March 1981, in Komárno)[1] is a Slovak canoe sprinter who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.[1]
Riszdorfer has also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003), two silvers (K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 1000 m: 2005), and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 2001, K-4 1000 m: 2007, 2009).[2]
Ricsi, the younger brother of teammate Michal, is a member of the ŠKP Bratislava club. He is 181 cm (5'11") tall and weighs 80 kg (176 lbs). He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2002.
Personal life
[edit]Riszdorfer belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Riszdorfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Magyar sportsikerek nyomában #8" [In the wake of Hungarian sports successes #8] (in Hungarian). Hócipő. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
Brothers Mihály and Richard Riszdorfer – kayakers, Hungarian boys from Komárno, key members of the so far five times World champion Slovakian kayak quartet. (Riszdorfer Mihály és Richárd testvérpár – kajakosok, komáromi magyar fiúk, oszlopos tagjai az eddig 5 világbajnoki aranyéremmel dicsekedhető Szlovák kajaknégyesnek.)
- ^ Nagy, Myrtil (2012). "Maďari". In Myrtil Nagy (ed.). Naše národnostné menšiny. Šamorín: Fórum inštitút pre výskum menšín. p. 9. ISBN 978-80-89249-57-2.
External links
[edit]- Richard Riszdorfer at Olympedia
- Richard Riszdorfer at Olympics.com
- Richard Riszdorfer at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
- Canoe09.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 March 2012)
- 1981 births
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists for Slovakia
- Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Slovak male canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Hungarians in Slovakia
- Sportspeople from Komárno
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Slovak canoeist stubs
- Slovak sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs