Erika Mészáros

The native form of this personal name is Mészáros Erika. This article uses the Western name order.
Erika Mészáros
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona K-4 500 m
1988 Seoul K-4 500 m
World Championships
1986 Montreal K-2 500 m
1986 Montreal K-4 500 m
1989 Plovdiv K-2 500 m
1990 Plovdiv K-4 500 m
1990 Poznań K-2 500 m
1990 Poznań K-2 5000 m
1990 Poznań K-4 500 m
1991 Paris K-2 500 m
1991 Paris K-4 500 m
1993 Copenhagen K-2 5000 m
1993 Copenhagen K-4 500 m

Erika Mészáros (born June 24, 1966 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two medals in the K-4 500 m event with a gold in 1992 and a silver in 1988.

Mészáros also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 500 m and K-4 500 m: both 1986), eight silvers (K-2 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991; K-2 5000 m: 1990, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 1993).

Her father, György, won two Olympic canoeing silver medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, earning them in the K-1 4 x 500 m relay and K-2 1000 m events.

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