Michal Riszdorfer

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Michal Riszdorfer ({{langx|hu|Riszdorfer Mihály}} {{IPA|hu|ˈrizdorfɛr ˈmihaːj|}}; born 26 May 1977 in Bratislava){{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/michal-riszdorfer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203211807/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/michal-riszdorfer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2016 |title=Michal Riszdorfer |access-date=15 October 2011}} is a Slovak canoe sprinter 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 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 78 kg (172 lb).

Personal life

Riszdorfer comes from the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. He was born in Bratislava and lived in Komárno, home to a sizeable Hungarian community on the shores of the Danube, since his early childhood.{{cite web |url=http://www.hocipo.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=924&Itemid=30 |title=Határeset |trans-title=Borderline case |publisher=Hócipő |first=András |last=Murányi |quote=[...] 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.) |date=19 December 2007 |access-date=15 October 2011 |language=hu}} He has a younger brother Richard, who is also a canoer and member of the multiple medal winning K-4 boat.

References

{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=5 January 2010 |title=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 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142416/http://www.bcu.org.uk/files/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf |date2=13 January 2016 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=9 November 2009 |title=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 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071809/http://bcu.org.uk/files/pages%2042-83%20from%20medal%20winners%20icf%20updated%202007.pdf |date2=11 March 2016 |title2=BCU.org.uk}}
{{Cite web |editor-last=Kamber |editor-first=Raymond |editor-link=Raymond Kamber |date=2008 |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |title=Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) |website=CanoeICF.com |publisher=International Canoe Federation |pages=1–83 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200125/https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2018}}

External links

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Category:1977 births

Category:Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Living people

Category:Olympic canoeists for Slovakia

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia

Category:Slovak male canoeists

Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing

Category:Hungarians in Slovakia

Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak

Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Bratislava

Category:21st-century Slovak sportsmen