Zsolt Gyulay

Gyulay (center) at the 1996 Olympics
Personal information
Born	12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) (age 59) Vác, Hungary
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Bp. Honvéd MTK Budapest
Medal record Representing   Hungary Olympic Games 1988 Seoul K-1 500 m 1988 Seoul K-4 1000 m 1992 Barcelona K-1 500 m 1992 Barcelona K-4 1000 m World Championships 1986 Montreal K-4 1000 m 1986 Montreal K-1 500 m 1987 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 1989 Plovdiv K-1 1000 m 1989 Plovdiv K-4 1000 m 1990 Poznań K-4 1000 m 1991 Paris K-4 1000 m 1991 Paris K-1 500 m 1991 Paris K-2 500 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 1000 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 500 m 1995 Duisburg K-2 500 m 1995 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 1995 Duisburg K-2 200 m

Zsolt Gyulai (born 12 September 1964) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. He competed at 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won four medals: two gold ( 1988: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m) and two silver ( 1992: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m). He also won fourteen medals at the world championships: six golds (K-1 1000 m: 1989, K-4 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991), four silvers (K-1 500 m: 1986, K-2 500 m: 1995, K-4 1000 m: 1993, 1995), and four bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1991, K-2 200 m: 1995, K-2 500 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1993).

Gyulay was elected President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) on 29 January 2022, succeeding Krisztián Kulcsár. He took the position on 1 February 2022, shortly before the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics. ^[1]

Awards

• Hungarian kayaker of the Year (3): 1988, 1989, 1992
• Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic – Order of Stars (1988)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1992)
• MOB Golden ring (1995)

References

• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• 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.
• Zsolt Gyulay at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

• Zsolt Gyulay at Olympedia
• Zsolt Gyulay at Olympics.com

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