Sylvia Mednyanski ( Hungarian. Mednyánszki Szilvia ; January 2, 1971 , Györ ) - Hungarian kayaker , kayaker , played for the national team of Hungary throughout the 1990s. Participant in the Atlanta Summer Olympics, world champion, silver medalist at the European Championships, winner of many regattas of national and international importance.
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| A country |  Hungary |
| Specialization | kayak , 500 m |
| Club | Budapest Honved |
| Date of Birth | January 2, 1971 (aged 48) |
| Place of Birth | Gyor , Hungary |
| Growth | 170 cm |
| Weight | 60 kg |
Biography
Sylvia Medniansky was born on January 2, 1971 in the city of Gyor . She began to actively engage in rowing in early childhood, was trained in Budapest , and was a member of the capital's sports club “Budapest Honved”.
The first serious success at the adult international level was in 1993, when she joined the Hungarian national team and attended the World Championships in Copenhagen, from where she brought the silver dignity, won in the double kayaks at a distance of 500 meters. A year later, she performed at the World Championships in Mexico City, where she went up to the podium three times, including becoming the champion among fours at two hundred meters, and also received two silver at five hundred meters among twos and fours. A year later, at similar competitions in Duisburg, Germany, she added a bronze medal received in the four-kilometer kayak program to her track record.
Thanks to a series of successful performances, Mednyansky won the right to defend the country's honor at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta - she started in twos and fours at five hundred meters, in the first case she took fourth place in the finals, not reaching the prize positions, while in the second case she showed in the decisive race the ninth result.
After the Olympics, Sylvia Mednjanski for some time remained in the main composition of the rowing team of Hungary and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1997, she represented the country at the resumed European Championship in Bulgarian Plovdiv, where she won silver alone at five hundred meters. Soon after the end of these competitions, she decided to end the career of a professional athlete, losing her place in the national team to young Hungarian rowers.
Links
- Sylvia Medniansky - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Sylvia Mednianski - medals at major international competitions
- Lists of kayaking and canoeing champions and prize winners (1936-2007 )