Mihály Sáfrán
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| Full name | Mihály Zoltán Sáfrán | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 March 1985 Győr, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://mihalysafran.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprint canoeing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Építők MDKC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ligeti László, Soltész Árpád, Oláh Tamás, Szabó Attila, Ludasi Róbert, Szilárdi Katalin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | C-1 1000m 3:49, C-1 500m 1:49, C-2 1000m 3:32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mihály Zoltán Sáfrán (born 21 March 1985 in Győr, Hungary) is a Hungarian former professional athlete in canoe sprint, fitness coach and health and fitness author. He is a two-times European champion of the 1000 metres race in C-2 and C-4 (2009, 2011), and a World Championship bronze medalist from 2011 in C-4 on the same distance. He has a 6th place from C-2 Canoe Marathon (2007) and C-4 1000m European Championship (2005), 5th place on WCh in C-2 1000m (2009). Two times national champion.
At age group events he has 2 gold medals from U23 European Championships in C-2 1000m (2007, 2008), 3 times bronze in C-2 500m (2007), C-2 1000m (2004), C-4 1000m (2006). He is a junior World Champion in C-1 1000m (2003), 2 times bronze medalist in C-4 1000m (2001) and C-4 500m (2003). 30 times national champion.
He also participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finished at the semifinals of the C-2 500 m event.
He has a younger brother, Mátyás, who is also a sprint canoer and partners Mihály in the C-2 and C-4 boat as well.
After the elite sport career, he started writing books and articles about fitness, nutrition, cold adaptation, health, explained by quantum-biology science. He is also coaching people for general fitness and performance since 2014. His new sports are SunnyFitness (Movement Generalist Fitness), SUP and the OCR (Obstacle Course Racing). He managed to win the 6 km Bestial Race in Lanzarote (2022).
His hobbies are nature, camping, reading, guitar, SUP, windsurf, surfing, OCR competitions.