Olympic medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Silver medal – second place1968 Mexico CityK-2 500 m

Katalin Rozsnyói (sometimes shown as Katalin Rozsnyói-Sági; born November 20, 1942) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. She won a silver medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

As a canoeing coach, Katalin Fábiánné Rozsnyói became one of the best Hungarian coaches. In 2000s she was named the Coach of the Year in Hungary six times in a row by the members of the Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association; this series was broken only in 2007 by the tennis coach Zoltan Kuharszky.[1] Rozsynyoi was awarded the International Olympic Committee Coaches Lifetime achievement award in October 2018.[2]

References

  1. "Szávay és Talmácsi az év magyar sportolói" (in Hungarian). SportOldal.ro. 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  2. "An evening of winners at IOC awards ceremony in Buenos Aires". IOC. 5 October 2018.

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