Dalma Ružičić-Benedek

Dalma Ružičić-Benedek

Ružičić-Benedek at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born 21 February 1982 (1982-02-21) (age 35)
Budapest, Hungary[1]
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoe sprint
Club Mohak KK, Belgrade[3]

Dalma Ružičić-Benedek (Serbian Cyrillic: Далма Ружичић-Бенедек, born 21 February 1982) is a Hungarian-born Serbian[4][5] sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. She won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds, three silvers and two bronzes.[3]

Career in Serbia

In late 2012, after failing to qualify for her third consecutive Olympic Games, Dalma Ružičić-Benedek decided to compete for Serbia, country of her husband, former canoer Dušan Ružičić who is also her personal coach.[6] She made her debut for Serbia in the first stage of the 2013 World Cup in Szeged, when she won the gold medal in the K-1 500m. At the 2013 European Championship she won two gold medals at distances of 500m and 1000m.[7] Ružičić-Benedek won her first World Championship medal for Serbia in 2014, bronze in K-1 1000m.[8]

References

  1. "Dalma Benedek Profile". Hungarian Canoe Federation. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. Dalma Ruzicic Benedek Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  3. 1 2 Dalma Ruzicic Benedek. nbcolympics.com
  4. Mađari nama uzeli Natašu, a mi njima Dalmu. Mondo.rs (22 September 2012).
  5. Blic Sport | Mađarska sedmostruka svetska šampionka ubuduće će veslati za Srbiju!. Sport.blic.rs (22 September 2012).
  6. "Mađarska kajakašica zbog muža vesla za Srbiju!". Alo. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. "Dalma Benedek-Ružičić niže odličja, drugo zlato za Srbiju na EP u kajaku!". Blic. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. "I Dalmi Benedek-Ružičić bronza!". B92. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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