About Ferenc Novák
Born 1969. Ferenc Novák is a Hungarian canoeist and coach.
Ferenc Novák (born July 13, 1969, in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed from the early 1990s to 2006. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he won a gold medal in the C-2 500 m event with teammate Imre Pulai.
In the four-man (C-4) canoe he has won a total of three world championship gold medals (1993, 1994 and 2003), as well as two European golds (2002 and 2004). Novák won a total of six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
His last success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a C-4 500 m bronze medal.
Novak is currently a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club.
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Awards Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe
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Who is Ferenc Novák?
Canoe racer
When was Ferenc Novák born?
Ferenc Novák was born on 13 July 1969 in Budapest.
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Ferenc Novák is a canoeist and coach.
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Ferenc Novák is Hungarian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ferenc Novák. https://biography.guide/ferenc-novak-canoeist/
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