Márton Joób

Márton Joób (born 24 June 1982 in Szeged) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist and a politician. He is married to Dóra, and they has 11 children.[1]

Márton Joób
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 GainesvilleC-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2007 DusiburgC-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2007 DusiburgC-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2006 SzegedC-4 200 m

Sports career

As an athlete he has competed since 2003. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-4 200 m: 2007, C-4 500 m: 2007, C-4 1000 m: 2003) and one bronze (C-4 200 m: 2006).

Joób also finished seventh in the C-1 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Political career

He is a politician for the Hungarian Socialist Party. He's been a councilman in the local government of Szeged since 2014.[2]

Tax fraud allegations

Joób has been detained by the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) on July 28, 2020, on charges of VAT fraud in the range of hundreds of millions of Forints.[3][4] His house arrest has been ordered on July 30, 2020.[5]

References
  1. Szegedma.hu - Megszületett Joób Mártonék tizenegyedik gyermeke
  2. MSZP.hu - Joób Márton
  3. "Szeged official detained over alleged VAT fraud". The Visegrád Group. 2020-07-29.
  4. "Többszázmilliós ÁFA-csalás miatt őrizetbe vették Botka László bizalmasát". Origo.hu. 2020-07-28.
  5. "Őrizetben Botka bizalmasa". Magyar Nemzet. 2020-07-30.


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