Hungarian canoeist

The native form of this personal name is Gyulay Zsolt.:This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Zsolt Gyulai (born 12 September 1964) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist. He competed at 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won four medals: two gold (1988: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m) and two silver (1992: K-1 500 m, K-4 1000 m). He also won fourteen medals at the world championships: six golds (K-1 1000 m: 1989, K-4 1000 m: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991), four silvers (K-1 500 m: 1986, K-2 500 m: 1995, K-4 1000 m: 1993, 1995), and four bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1991, K-2 200 m: 1995, K-2 500 m: 1991, K-4 500 m: 1993).

Gyulay was elected President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) on 29 January 2022, succeeding Krisztián Kulcsár. He took the position on 1 February 2022, shortly before the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Awards

• Hungarian kayaker of the Year (3): 1988, 1989, 1992
• Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic – Order of Stars (1988)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Small Cross (1992)
• MOB Golden ring (1995)

References

Sources

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Zsolt Gyulay at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)