teammate György Kolonics and dedicated his C-1 1000 m gold in Kolonics' honor. He would win the Hungarian Sportsman of The Year for his Beijing win. Vajda won a silver in the C-1 4 × 200 m event at the 2009 championships in Dartmouth. He also won a silver in the C-1 1000 m at the 2010 championships. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Hungary in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's C-1 1000m. He earned a bronze medal. Sponsors Herbalife MOL EDF Energy A-HID Naturtex Awards Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Golden Cross (2004) Hungarian canoer of the Year (8): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 Junior Príma award (2007) Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2008) Hungarian Sportman of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 2008 Hungarian Athlete of the Year (1) - the National Sports Association (NSSZ) awards: 2008 Ministerial Certificate of Merit (2012) Csongrád County Sportman of Year by Délmagyarország (2013) External links Canoe09.ca profile 1983 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Sportspeople from Szeged Olympic medalists in canoeing Officer's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Hungary