Dalma Ružičić-Benedek

Dalma Ružičić-Benedek

Ružičić-Benedek at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	21 February 1982 (1982-02-21) (age 42) Budapest, Hungary[1]
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Mohak KK, Belgrade[3]
Medal record Representing  Hungary World Championships 2003 Gainesville K-2 1000 m 2006 Szeged K-1 500 m 2006 Szeged K-1 1000 m 2007 Duisburg K-4 1000 m 2009 Dartmouth K-4 500 m 2010 Poznań K-4 500 m 2011 Szeged K-4 500 m 2005 Zagreb K-1 1000 m 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2005 Zagreb K-4 500 m 2009 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m European Championships 2004 Poznań K-2 500 m 2006 Račice K-1 500 m 2006 Račice K-1 1000 m 2007 Pontevedra K-2 500 m 2007 Pontevedra K-4 1000 m 2008 Milan K-1 1000 m 2008 Milan K-4 1000 m 2005 Poznań K-4 200 m 2008 Milan K-4 500 m 2009 Brandenburg K-4 500 m 2010 Trasona K-4 500 m 2011 Belgrade K-4 500 m Representing  Serbia World Championships 2015 Milan K-2 500 m 2014 Moscow K-1 1000 m European Championships 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 1000 m 2016 Moscow K-2 1000 m 2015 Račice K-2 500 m 2015 Račice K-2 1000 m European Games 2015 Baku K-2 500m

Dalma Ružičić-Benedek (Serbian Cyrillic: Далма Ружичић-Бенедек, born 21 February 1982) is a Hungarian-born Serbian^[4][5] sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. She won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds, three silvers and two bronzes.^[3]

In late 2012, after failing to qualify for her third consecutive Olympic Games, Dalma Ružičić-Benedek decided to compete for Serbia, country of her husband, former canoer Dušan Ružičić who is also her personal coach.^[6] She made her debut for Serbia in the first stage of the 2013 World Cup in Szeged, when she won the gold medal in the K-1 500m. At the 2013 European Championship she won two gold medals at distances of 500m and 1000m.^[7] Ružičić-Benedek won her first World Championship medal for Serbia in 2014, bronze in K-1 1000m.^[8]

• "Canoe09.ca profile". Archived from the original on 19 August 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dalma Ružičić-Benedek.

• Dalma Ruzicic Benedek at the International Canoe Federation
• Dalma Ruzicic Benedek at Olympics.com
• Dalma Ružičić-Benedek at Olympedia (archive)
• Dalma Ružičić Benedek at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)

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