Ferenc Novák
Ferenc Novák (born July 13, 1969 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed from the early 1990s to 2006. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he won a gold medal in the C-2 500 m event with teammate Imre Pulai.
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| Men's canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Representing Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 Sydney | C-2 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 Copenhagen | C-4 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 Mexico City | C-4 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 Gainesville | C-4 1000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 Mexico City | C-2 1000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 Duisburg | C-4 1000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 Milan | C-2 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 Gainesville | C-4 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
In the four-man (C-4) canoe he has won a total of three world championship gold medals (1993, 1994 and 2003), as well as two European golds (2002 and 2004). Novák won a total of six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
His last success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a C-4 500 m bronze medal.
Novak is currently a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club.
Height: 173 cm (5'8"); weight 77 kg (169 lbs)
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