Éva Rakusz

The native form of this personal name is Rakusz Éva. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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 the 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)

External links

• Éva Rakusz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)