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

Zsolt Gyulay

Gyulay (center) at the 1996 Olympics
Personal information
Born	12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) (age 61) Vác, Hungary
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Bp. Honvéd MTK Budapest
Medal record Representing Hungary Olympic Games 1988 Seoul K-1 500 m 1988 Seoul K-4 1000 m 1992 Barcelona K-1 500 m 1992 Barcelona K-4 1000 m World Championships 1986 Montreal K-4 1000 m 1986 Montreal K-1 500 m 1987 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 1989 Plovdiv K-1 1000 m 1989 Plovdiv K-4 1000 m 1990 Poznań K-4 1000 m 1991 Paris K-4 1000 m 1991 Paris K-1 500 m 1991 Paris K-2 500 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 1000 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 500 m 1995 Duisburg K-2 500 m 1995 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 1995 Duisburg K-2 200 m

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

• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
• Zsolt Gyulay at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

• Zsolt Gyulay at Olympedia
• Zsolt Gyulay at Olympics.com