Gábor Horváth (born 15 November 1971 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1993 to 2006. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with two golds (2000, 2004) and one silver (1996).

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Gábor Horváth

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 (age 52) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Bp. Honvéd
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Hungary Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 1 0 World Championships 3 4 6 European Championships 2 3 1 Total 7 8 7 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney K-4 1000 m 2004 Athens K-4 1000 m 1996 Atlanta K-4 1000 m World Championships 1999 Milan K-4 1000 m 2006 Szeged K-4 1000 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 1000 m 1997 Dartmouth K-4 200 m 1999 Milan K-2 500 m 2001 Poznań K-4 1000 m 1993 Copenhagen K-4 500 m 1994 Mexico City K-4 500 m 1997 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 1998 Szeged K-2 500 m 1999 Milan K-4 500 m 2002 Seville K-4 200 m

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A member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club, Horváth also had outstanding success at the canoeing World Championships.

Horvath is a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club.

Orders and special awards

• Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Gold Cross (1996)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2000)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2004)

• Kataca.hu profile (in Hungarian)
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gábor Horváth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

• Gábor Horváth at Olympedia
• Gábor Horváth at Olympics.com

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