Gábor Kucsera (canoeist)

Hungarian canoeist
Gábor Kucsera
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Zagreb K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2006 Szeged K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Szeged K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Duisburg K-2 1000 m

Gábor Kucsera (born 27 August 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2005, 2006), a silver (K-2 500 m: 2009), and three bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2006, 2007; K-2 1000 m: 2007).

Kucsera also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fourth in both the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m events.

He is a member of the Honvéd-Domino in Budapest.

In July 2015 he was accused to fail a dopping control, cocaine found in his blood.[1] He was suspended by the Hungarian Canoe Association.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://sport.hir24.hu/tobb-sport/2015/08/05/kucsera-gabor-megbukott-a-drogteszten/ [dead link]
  2. ^ Ungarischer Kanute Kucsera wegen Kokain-Doping gesperrt mittelhessen.de 5 August 2015
  • Canoe09.ca profile
  • 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. "Gábor Kucsera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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