Michal Riszdorfer

Michal Riszdorfer

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Slovakia
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	K-4 1000 m
	2004 Athens	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	1998 Szeged	K-2 500 m
	1999 Milan	K-2 1000 m
	2002 Seville	K-4 500 m
	2002 Seville	K-4 1000 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 1000 m
	2006 Szeged	K-4 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 500 m
	2005 Zagreb	K-4 500 m
	2005 Zagreb	K-4 1000 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-4 200 m
	2001 Poznań	K-4 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 1000 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-4 1000 m

Michal Riszdorfer (Hungarian: Riszdorfer Mihály [ˈrizdorfɛr ˈmihaːj]; born 26 May 1977 in Bratislava)^[1] is a Slovak canoe sprinter who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.

Riszdorfer has also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eight golds (K-2 500 m: 1998, K-2 1000 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003), three silvers (K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 500 m: 2005, K-4 1000 m: 2005), and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 2001, K-4 1000 m: 2007, 2009).

Riszdorfer is a member of the ŠKP club in Bratislava. He is 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 78 kg (172 lb).

Personal life

Riszdorfer comes from the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. He was born in Bratislava and lived in Komárno, home to a sizeable Hungarian community on the shores of the Danube, since his early childhood.^[2] He has a younger brother Richard, who is also a canoer and member of the multiple medal winning K-4 boat.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michal Riszdorfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
2. Murányi, András (19 December 2007). "Határeset" [Borderline case] (in Hungarian). Hócipő. Retrieved 15 October 2011. [...] my dad is Hungarian, my mother is Slovak. I was born yet in Czechoslovakia, more precisely in Pozsony [Hungarian for Bratislava], although we live in Komárom since my early childhood. ([...] édesapám magyar, édesanyám szlovák. Még Csehszlovákiában, közelebbről Pozsonyban születtem, ám egész kisgyermek korom óta Komáromban élünk.)

• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.

External links

• Michal Riszdorfer at Olympedia (archive)
• Michal Riszdorfer at Olympics.com
• Michal Riszdorfer at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
• Canoe09.ca profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 March 2012)