Gábor Kucsera (born 27 August 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2005, 2006), a silver (K-2 500 m: 2009), and three bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2006, 2007; K-2 1000 m: 2007).
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Representing  Hungary
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2005 Zagreb | K-2 1000 m |
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2006 Szeged | K-2 1000 m |
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2009 Dartmouth | K-2 500 m |
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2006 Szeged | K-2 500 m |
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2007 Duisburg | K-2 500 m |
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2007 Duisburg | K-2 1000 m |
Kucsera also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fourth in both the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m events.
He is a member of the Honvéd-Domino in Budapest.
In July 2015 he was accused to fail a dopping control, cocaine found in his blood.[1] He was suspended by the Hungarian Canoe Association.[2]
References
edit- Canoe09.ca profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gábor Kucsera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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