Attila Vajda


Country
Birth date
Age
17/03/1983 
29
Height
Weight
Gender
179 cm / 5'10" 
82 kg / 181 lbs 
M
Sport
VAJDA Attila

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
1Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2008Beijing, CHN3:50.467
3Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2004Athens, GRE3:49.025
9Canoe Single (C1) 500m2008Beijing, CHN1:50.156
World Championships
1Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2011Szeged, HUN4:04.749
1Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2007Duisburg, GER4:08.563
2Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2010Poznan, POL3:51.921
2C1 4 x 200m Relay2009Dartmouth, NS, CAN2:51.977
3Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2006Szeged, HUN4:11.347
8Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2009Dartmouth, NS, CAN4:09.825
Final BCanoe Single (C1) 500m2009Dartmouth, NS, CAN1:52.505
European Championships
1Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2009Brandenburg, GER3:51.934
3C1 4 x 200m Relay2009Brandenburg, GER2:51.254
5Canoe Single (C1) 500m2009Brandenburg, GER1:51.787
8Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2011Belgrade, SRB3:54.829
World Cup
1Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2011Szeged, HUN4:04.749
1Canoe Single (C1) 500m2009Szeged, HUN1:57.869
1Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2009Szeged, HUN4:28.574
2Canoe Single (C1) 1000m2010Poznan, POL3:51.921
World Cup (Ranking)
2Individual Canadian200940

Hobbies

Photography, playing the guitar, reading. (NOC, 20 Jul 2008)

Club name

EDF Demasz-Szeged, Szeged, HUN

Coach

Viktor Vecsi (HUN) (kajakkenusport.hu, 2012)

Sporting relatives

He plays football for Pusztamerges, who play in the third county league. (origo.hu, 26 Jun 2011)

Injuries

He was seriously injured while practising wrestling as a seven-year-old when his head hit the wooden floor instead of the mat. At first he could not write, read or speak and had to learn to do these tasks again. The injury still affects his speech. (Magyar Nemzet, 15 Aug 2007)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He took up the sport at the age of 10.

(kajakkenusport.hu, 2012)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Dare to dream greatness. Believe me, I like to laze too, but this is important to know that you can defeat something again." (vajdaattila.hu, 2012)

Awards
He was voted Hungary's male athlete of the year in 2008. (sportgeza.hu, 19 Dec 2008)

General
EMOTIONAL VICTORY
He dedicated his victory at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing to Gyorgy Kolonics, his Olympic champion teammate who died during training in July 2008. (origo.hu, 22 Aug 2008)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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