Richard Riszdorfer

Richard Riszdorfer

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	2008 Beijing	K-4 1000 m
	2004 Athens	K-4 1000 m
World Championships
	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 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

Richard Riszdorfer (Hungarian: Riszdorfer Richárd, pronounced [ˈrisdorfɛr ˈrihaːrd]; born 17 March 1981 in Komárno)^[1] is a Slovakian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.

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

Ricsi, the younger brother of teammate Michal, is a member of the ŠKP Bratislava club. He is 181 cm (5'11") tall and weighs 80 kg (176 lbs). He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2002.

Personal life

Riszdorfer belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.^[2][3]

References

1. "Richard Riszdorfer Biography and Olympic Results". Sportsreference. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
2. "Magyar sportsikerek nyomában #8" [In the wake of Hungarian sports successes #8] (in Hungarian). Hócipő. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2011. Brothers Mihály and Richard Riszdorfer – kayakers, Hungarian boys from Komárno, key members of the so far five times World champion Slovakian kayak quartet. (Riszdorfer Mihály és Richárd testvérpár – kajakosok, komáromi magyar fiúk, oszlopos tagjai az eddig 5 világbajnoki aranyéremmel dicsekedhető Szlovák kajaknégyesnek.)
3. Nagy, Myrtil (2012). "Maďari". In Myrtil Nagy. Naše národnostné menšiny. Šamorín: Fórum inštitút pre výskum menšín. p. 9. ISBN 978-80-89249-57-2.

External links

• Canoe09.ca profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.