Ferenc Novák

Ferenc Novák (born July 13, 1969 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed from the early 1990s to 2006. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he won a gold medal in the C-2 500 m event with teammate Imre Pulai.

For the Hungarian Slovene priest and writer, see Ferenc Novák (writer).
The native form of this personal name is Novák Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ferenc Novák
Medal record
Men’s canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyC-2 500 m
World Championships
1993 CopenhagenC-4 500 m
1994 Mexico CityC-4 500 m
2003 GainesvilleC-4 1000 m
1994 Mexico CityC-2 1000 m
1995 DuisburgC-4 1000 m
1999 MilanC-2 500 m
2003 GainesvilleC-4 500 m

In the four-man (C-4) canoe he has won a total of three world championship gold medals (1993, 1994 and 2003), as well as two European golds (2002 and 2004). Novák won a total of six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.

His last success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a C-4 500 m bronze medal.

Novak is currently a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club.

Height: 173 cm (5'8"); weight 77 kg (169 lbs)

Awards
  • Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe
Orders and special awards

References
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • 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)
  • Kataca.hu profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-03-28) (in Hungarian)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ferenc Novák". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.


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