Mihály Sáfrán

Mihály Zoltán Sáfrán (born 21 March 1985 in Győr, Hungary)[1] is a Hungarian ex-professional athlete in canoe sprint, fitness coach and health&fitness author. He is a two-times European champion of the 1000 metres race in C-2 and C-4 (2009, 2011), and a World Championship bronze medalist from 2011 in C-4 on the same distance. He has a 6th place from C-2 Canoe Marathon (2007) and C-4 1000m European Championship (2005), 5th place on WCh in C-2 1000m (2009). Two times national champion.

Mihály Sáfrán

Personal information
Full name	Mihály Zoltán Sáfrán
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1985-03-21) 21 March 1985 Győr, Hungary
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)[1]
Website	http://mihalysafran.com/
Sport
Sport	Sprint canoeing
Club	Építők MDKC
Coached by	Ligeti László, Soltész Árpád, Oláh Tamás, Szabó Attila, Ludasi Róbert, Szilárdi Katalin
Retired	2016
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	C-1 1000m 3:49, C-1 500m 1:49, C-2 1000m 3:32
Medal record Representing  Hungary World Championship 2011 Szeged C-4 1000 m European Championship 2009 Brandenburg C-2 1000 m 2011 Belgrade C-4 1000 m U23 European Championship 2007 Belgrade C-2 1000 m 2008 Szeged C-2 1000 m 2004 Poznan C-2 1000 m 2006 Athens C-4 1000 m 2007 Belgrade C-2 500 m Junior World Championship 2003 Komatsu C-1 1000 m 2001 Curitiba C-4 1000 m 2003 Komatsu C-4 500 m

At age group events he has 2 gold medals from U23 European Championships in C-2 1000m (2007, 2008), 3 times bronze in C-2 500m (2007), C-2 1000m (2004), C-4 1000m (2006). He is a junior World Champion in C-1 1000m (2003), 2 times bronze medalist in C-4 1000m (2001) and C-4 500m (2003). 30 times national champion.

He also participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finished at the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event.

He has a younger brother, Mátyás, who is also a sprint canoer and partners Mihály in the C-2 and C-4 boat as well.[1]

After the elite sport career, he started writing books and articles about fitness, diet, cold adaptation, health, explained by quantum-biology science. He is also coaching people for general fitness and performance since 2014. His new sport hobby is the OCR (Obstacle Course Racing) and managed to win the 6km Bestial Race in Lanzarote (2022).

His hobbies are nature, camping, reading, guitar, SUP, windsurf, surfing, OCR competitions.