Krisztina Fazekas

Krisztina Fazekas-Zur

Fazekas-Zur in 2012
Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 36) Budapest, Hungary
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Budapest SE (1990–1997) Újpesti TE (1997–2000) MTK (2001–2009) Győri VSE (2012–)
Coached by	Rami Zur (husband) Botond Storcz (national)
Medal record Representing  Hungary Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 7 6 0 European Championships 0 0 1 European Games 0 0 0 Total 9 6 1 Olympic Games 2012 London K-4 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m World Championships 2001 Poznań K-4 200 m 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 1000 m 2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2013 Duisburg K–1 200 m relay 2007 Duisburg K-4 200 m 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4 x 200 m 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m 2015 Milan K-4 500 m European Championships 2012 Zagreb K-4 500 m Representing  United States World Championships 2011 Szeged K-1 1000 m

Krisztina Fazekas Zur (born 1 August 1980) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 200 m: 2001, K-4 500 m: 2006, K-4 1000 m: 2003, 2007) and five silvers (K-1 4 x 200 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-4 500 m: 2007; K-1 1000 m: 2011).

Fazekas Zur also won gold medals in the kayak four (K-4) 500 m team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.

Fazekas Zur took up canoeing aged 10 together with her sister, following the example of her brother. She is married to her coach Rami Zur, a former Olympic canoeist for Israel and United States; they have a son Noah. She lives in California and represented the United States in 2011, but returned to competing for Hungary winning gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2013, she founded the Path of Champions Foundation (Hungarian: Bajnokok Utja Alapitvany) that aims to help children through sport.