Kristina Bedeč
Bedeč in 2016
Personal information
Nationality Serbia
Born (1986-11-20) November 20, 1986
Győr, Hungary
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Hungary (until 2011)
 Austria (2012)
 Serbia (2013–present)
SportCanoe sprint
Canoe marathon
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Women's canoe marathon
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 SingaporeK-2
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Saint-Jean-de-LosneK-2
Bronze medal – third place2011 Saint-Jean-de-LosneK-1
Representing  Serbia
Women's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 MilanK-1 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 MoscowK-1 1000 m
Women's canoe marathon
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 ShaoxingK-1 short race
Bronze medal – third place2015 GyőrK-1
Bronze medal – third place2016 BrandenburgK-1
Bronze medal – third place2021 PiteștiK-1 short race
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 MoscowK-1 short race
Bronze medal – third place2021 MoscowK-1

Kristina Bedeč (Serbian Cyrillic: Кристина Бедеч, also transliterated Kristina Bedec, Hungarian: Bedőcs Krisztina, also transliterated Krisztina Bedoecs; born 20 November 1986) is a Serbian sprint canoer. After representing her country of birth, Hungary, she briefly competed for Austria, and since 2013 she is representing Serbia.[1]

Her biggest successes in canoe sprint are winning the gold medal in women's K-1 1000 m at the 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships[2] and silver medal in the same discipline at the 2015 Canoe Sprint World Championships.

More recently, in canoe marathon, she has won a silver medal at the Canoe Marathon World Championships in 2019[3] and gold (and bronze) medal at the Canoe Marathon European Championships in 2021.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "A fél török kajak-kenu csapat magyar". Budaörsi Infó (in Hungarian). 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. ↑ "Dva zlata za srpske kajakašice u Moskvi". RTS (in Serbian). 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  3. ↑ "Kristina Bedeč osvojila srebro na Svetskom prvenstvu u maratonu". RTS (in Serbian). 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  4. ↑ "Kristina Bedeč šampionka Evrope u "malom maratonu"". RTS (in Serbian). 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
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