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.)" 

External links

• Canoe09.ca profile
• 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.

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Name	Riszdorfer, Michal
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Date of birth	May 26, 1977
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