Ferenc Novák
For the Hungarian Slovene priest and writer, see Ferenc Novák (writer).
The native form of this personal name is Novák Ferenc. This article uses the Western name order.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2000 Sydney | C-2 500 m |
| World Championships | ||
| | 1993 Copenhagen | C-4 500 m |
| | 1994 Mexico City | C-4 500 m |
| | 2003 Gainesville | C-4 1000 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1994 Mexico City | C-2 1000 m |
| | 1995 Duisburg | C-4 1000 m |
| | 1999 Milan | C-2 500 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2003 Gainesville | C-4 500 m |
Ferenc Novák (born July 13, 1969 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed from the early 1990s to 2006. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he won a gold medal in the C-2 500 m event with teammate Imre Pulai.
In the four-man (C-4) canoe he has won a total of three world championship gold medals (1993, 1994 and 2003), as well as two European golds (2002 and 2004). Novák won a total of six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
His last success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a C-4 500 m bronze medal.
Novak is currently a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club.
Height: 173 cm (5'8"); weight 77 kg (169 lbs)
Awards and honours
Orders and special awards
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Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2000)
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Kataca.hu profile (Hungarian)
- Sports-Reference.com profile
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