Michal Riszdorfer

Michal Riszdorfer
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing K-4 1000 m
Bronze 2004 Athens K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 1998 Szeged K-2 500 m
Gold 1999 Milan K-2 1000 m
Gold 2002 Seville K-4 500 m
Gold 2002 Seville K-4 1000 m
Gold 2003 Gainesville K-4 500 m
Gold 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m
Gold 2006 Szeged K-4 500 m
Gold 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Silver 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m
Silver 2005 Zagreb K-4 1000 m
Silver 2009 Dartmouth K-4 200 m
Bronze 2001 Poznań K-4 500 m
Bronze 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m
Bronze 2009 Dartmouth K-4 1000 m

Michal Riszdorfer (Hungarian: Riszdorfer Mihály, born May 26, 1977 in Bratislava)[1] is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.

Riszdorfer has also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eight golds (K-2 500 m: 1998, K-2 1000 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003), three silvers (K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 500 m: 2005, K-4 1000 m: 2005), and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 2001, K-4 1000 m: 2007, 2009).

Riszdorfer is a member of the ŠKP club in Bratislava. He is 177 cm (5'10"} tall and weighs 78 kg (172 lbs).

Personal life

Riszdorfer was born in Bratislava to an ethnic Hungarian father and a Slovak mother and lives in Komárno since his early childhood.[2] He has a younger brother Richard, who is also a canoer and member of the multiple medal winning K-4 boat.

References

  1. ^ "Michal Riszdorfer Biography and Olympic Results". Sportsreference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/michal-riszdorfer-1.html. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 
  2. ^ Murányi, András (19 December 2007). "Határeset [Borderline case]" (in Hungarian). Hócipő. http://www.hocipo.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=924&Itemid=30. Retrieved 15 October 2011. "[...] my dad is Hungarian, my mother is Slovak. I was born yet in Czechoslovakia, more precisely in Pozsony [Hungarian for Bratislava], although we live in Komárom since my early childhood. ([...] édesapám magyar, édesanyám szlovák. Még Csehszlovákiában, közelebbről Pozsonyban születtem, ám egész kisgyermek korom óta Komáromban élünk.)" 

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