Dalma Ružičić-Benedek (, born 21 February 1982) is a Hungarian-born Serbian 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. Career in Serbia 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. 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. Ružičić-Benedek won her first World Championship medal for Serbia in 2014, bronze in K-1 1000m. References External links 1982 births Living people Canoeists from Budapest Hungarian female canoeists Serbian female canoeists Naturalized citizens of Serbia ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak European Games medalists in canoeing European Games gold medalists for Serbia Canoeists at the 2015 European Games Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Serbia European champions for Serbia