Éva Rakusz

Éva Rakusz

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	K-4 500 m
	1980 Moscow	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	1986 Montreal	K-4 500 m
	1981 Nottingham	K-1 500 m
	1985 Mechelen	K-2 500 m
	1987 Duisburg	K-4 500 m
	1982 Belgrade	K-1 500 m
	1982 Belgrade	K-4 500 m
	1985 Mechelen	K-4 500 m

Éva Rakusz (born 13 May 1961 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two medals with a silver (K-4 500 m: 1988) and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1980).

Rakusz also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-4 500 m: 1986), three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1981, K-2 500 m: 1985, K-4 500 m: 1987), and three bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1982, K-4 500 m: 1982, 1985). Nowadays she works as a P.E. teacher at Eötvös József Gimnázium,Tiszaújváros.

She was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year in 1981 after having won a silver medal at the World championships the same year.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05).
• 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)
• Sports-reference.com profile