Gábor Kucsera (canoeist)

Gábor Kucsera

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing Hungary
World Championships
	2005 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m
	2006 Szeged	K-2 1000 m
	2009 Dartmouth	K-2 500 m
	2006 Szeged	K-2 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-2 500 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m

Gábor Kucsera (born 27 August 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2005, 2006), a silver (K-2 500 m: 2009), and three bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2006, 2007; K-2 1000 m: 2007).

Kucsera also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fourth in both the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m events.

He is a member of the Honvéd-Domino in Budapest.

In July 2015 he was accused to fail a dopping control, cocaine found in his blood. He was suspended by the Hungarian Canoe Association.

References

• Canoe09.ca profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (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 flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gábor Kucsera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.