Erika Mészáros

Erika Mészáros (born 24 June 1966 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.

Erika Mészáros
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1988 SeoulK-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1986 MontrealK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1986 MontrealK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1989 PlovdivK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1989 PlovdivK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1990 PoznańK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1990 PoznańK-2 5000 m
Silver medal – second place1990 PoznańK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1991 ParisK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1991 ParisK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1993 CopenhagenK-2 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place1993 CopenhagenK-4 500 m

Mészáros also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 500 m and K-4 500 m: both 1986), eight silvers (K-2 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991; K-2 5000 m: 1990, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 1993).

Her father, György, won two Olympic canoeing silver medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, earning them in the K-1 4 x 500 m relay and K-2 1000 m events.

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