title: Krisztina Fazekas-Zur
text: # Krisztina Fazekas-Zur
  
  Krisztina Fazekas-Zur (born 1 August 1980) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 200 m: 2001, K-4 500 m: 2006, K-4 1000 m: 2003, 2007) and five silvers (K-1 4 × 200 m: 2009, K-4 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-4 500 m: 2007; K-1 1000 m: 2011).
  
  Fazekas-Zur also won gold medals in the kayak four (K-4) 500 m team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Fazekas-Zur took up canoeing aged 10 together with her sister, following the example of her brother. She is married to her coach Rami Zur, a former Olympic canoeist for Israel and United States; they have a son Noah. She lives in California and represented the United States in 2011, but returned to competing for Hungary winning gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics and also at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
  
  In 2013, she founded the Path of Champions Foundation (Hungarian: Bajnokok Utja Alapitvany) that aims to help children through sport.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * For Pilisvörösvár award (2006)
  * Honorary Citizen of Pilisvörösvár (2012)
  * Pilisvörösvár Jubilee Medal (2012)
  * Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012)
  
  ### Orders and special awards
  
  * Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
  * Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)
  