Klára Rajnai
Encyclopedia
Klára Rajnai is a Hungarian
sprint canoer
who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
with a silver in the K-2 500 m and a bronze in the K-1 500 m events.
Rajnai also won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-1 500 m (1979
) and one in the K-4 500 m (1975
event.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....
who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
with a silver in the K-2 500 m and a bronze in the K-1 500 m events.
Rajnai also won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-1 500 m (1979
1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany.The men's competition consisted of six Canadian and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak....
) and one in the K-4 500 m (1975
1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the second time, having hosted them in 1971. This also equaled the most times a city had done so with Copenhagen, Denmark ....
event.