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Imre Pulai (born November 14, 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist, who won two Olympic medals in the Canadian canoeing event, including a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with teammate Ferenc Novák.

Imre Pulai
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships 4 2 2
European Championships 1 0 1
Total 6 2 4
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyC-2 500 m
1996 AtlantaC-1 500 m
World Championships
1993 CopenhagenC-4 1000 m
1994 Mexico CityC-4 1000 m
1995 DuisburgC-1 1000 m
2003 GainesvilleC-4 1000 m
1994 Mexico CityC-1 500 m
1999 MilanC-2 500 m
1995 DuisburgC-1 500 m
2003 GainesvilleC-4 500 m

As a twenty-year-old, Pulai reached the C-1 1000 m final at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, finishing in sixth place. However, it was not until five years later that he won the first of his four world championship gold medals - in the C-4 1000 m in Copenhagen. In 1994, he retained that title and a year later, he was individual world champion, ending Ivans Klementjevs's run of five straight victories in Duisburg. That achievement earned him the title of 1995 Hungarian Sportsman of the Year. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he won the C-1 500 m bronze medal.

After Atlanta, his career took another dip until he teamed up with Ferenc Novák in the C-2. In 1999, their first season together, the pair were world silver medalists and went on to win the C-2 500 m gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. When the two were paired up, they became known as "The Monster and the Little Guy" because of the size differential between them (Pulai was 6' 6.5" (1.99 m) and weighed 214 lb (97 kg) while Novák was 5' 8" (1.72 m) and weighed 170 lb (77 kg).).

In 2003 Pulai won his fourth world championship gold in the C-4 1000 m at Gainesville, Georgia, United States and he won also his second bronze medal in the C-4 500 m event. Most assumed that would be the final medal of his long career, but in 2006 he made a comeback at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, winning a C-4 500 m bronze medal. At the age of thirty-eight he was the second-oldest male competitor.

Pulai is nicknamed "Sumák".

In February 2008, Pulai met with the International Luge Federation in Berlin to help promote luge in his native Hungary which Pulai started competing in 2005. At the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, he finished 34th in the men's singles event.


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Awards
Preceded by Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
1995
Succeeded by

На других языках


- [en] Imre Pulai

[fr] Imre Pulai

Imre Pulai, né le 14 novembre 1967 à Budapest, est un céiste hongrois participant aux courses en ligne (500 et 1 000 m).

[it] Imre Pulai

Imre Pulai (14 novembre 1967) è un ex canoista ungherese.

[ru] Пулаи, Имре

И́мре Пу́лаи (.mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}@media(hover:none){.mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText:not(.rt-commentedText){border-bottom:0;cursor:auto}}венг. Pulai Imre, р. 14 ноября 1967 года) — венгерский гребец, специалист в гребле на каноэ. Олимпийский чемпион Игр в Сиднее 2000 года, многократный чемпион мира и Европы. После окончания карьеры в гребле занялся санным спортом, участник чемпионата мира и Кубка мира по санному спорту.



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