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Mihály Zoltán Sáfrán (born 21 March 1985 in Győr, Hungary)[1] 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.
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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)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1]
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.
Studies
edit- Bioengineer (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2004–2010), chemical technician
- Sport coach (canoe-kayak, fitness-body building, MovNat Certified Trainer Level2, Spartan Bodyweight&Girja, Professional Training Programming)
Books (11 Hungarian, 4 English)
edit- A paleón túl (Beyond paleo, 2014)
- Vad paleo (Wild paleo, 2016 with Elmira Mezei)
- Napfény diéta (Sunlight diet, 2017)
- Legyél Te is biohacker! (Become a biohacker, 2019 with Lakatos Péter)
- SunnyFitness (2019), English: SunnyFitness
- Irodai Egyensúly Program (Office Balance Program, 2019)
- SunnyFitness - Test karbantartás (2020), English: SunnyFitness - Body Maintenance
- SunnyFitness - Kőkondi (2022), English: SunnyFitness - Stone Gym
- SunnyFitness - OCR (2022)
- Táplálkozásvallások 2023 (Nutrition religions 2023, 2023)
- SunnyFitness - Ezermester Edzés (2024), English: SunnyFitness - Become a Movement Generalist
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Mihály Sáfrán Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
External links
edit- Hungarian page: napfenydieta.hu
- English page: mihalysafran.com
- Blog about sport-nutrition-health, books, trainings, fitness camps, online&personal consultation
- YouTube channel
- Instagram: @mihalysafran
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