Krisztián Bártfai

Krisztián Bártfai (born July 16, 1974) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to 2001. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000.

The native form of this personal name is Bártfai Krisztián. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Krisztián Bártfai
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyK-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 DuisburgK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place1995 DuisburgK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1995 DuisburgK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthK-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place1998 SzegedK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place1998 SzegedK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańK-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1995 DusiburgK-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place1997 DartmouthK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place1998 SzegedK-2 500 m

Bártfai also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 200 m: 1995), six silvers (K-2 500 m: 1995, K-2 1000 m: 2001, K-4 200 m: 1997, K-4 500 m: 1998, K-4 1000 m: 1995, 1998), and three bronzes (K-2 200 m: 1995, K-2 500 m: 1997, 1998).

Having retired from his professional sport activities he pursued his career as a professional pilot. Currently he works as an airline Captain for Emirates.

References
  • 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. "Krisztián Bártfai". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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