MVM Szeged: 21 Golds at the 2026 Hungarian Junior Nationals
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- 2026-08-04T17:38:56+00:00
Full competition results: Hungarian Youth, Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint National Championships 2026
Home water, home rules. MVM Szegedi Vízisport SE won the medal table of the Hungarian Youth, Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint National Championships 2026 on its own Maty-ér course — 21 gold medals and 55 in total, ahead of the national academy and every Budapest power. The margin was built the way the club has always built: not on one star, but on medals in every age group of the four-day programme.
MVM Szeged's 21 gold medals in Szeged
MVM Szegedi Vízisport SE — gold medals at the 2026 nationals
| Event | Category | Athletes | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| C1 W 200 m (U17-U18) | Junior (U17–U18) | Anna Trencsényi | 0:47.26 |
| C1 M 200 m (U17-U18) | Junior (U17–U18) | Dávid Zsombor Barna | 0:42.03 |
| C1 M 500 m (U17-U18) | Junior (U17–U18) | Dávid Zsombor Barna | 1:53.59 |
| C2 M 500 m (U17-U18) | Junior (U17–U18) | Ádám István Molnár, Lukács Ivo Molnár | 1:49.74 |
| C2 W 5000 m (U17-U18) | Junior (U17–U18) | Kamilla Róza Rucz, Panna Jankó | 22:32.90 |
| C4 M 200 m | U23 | Balázs Szilágyi, Krisztián Szarka, Csanád Molnár, Levente Gyányi | 0:35.82 |
| K2 M 200 m | U23 | Levente Szabo, Gergo zoltan Keller | 0:32.43 |
| C4 M 500 m | U23 | Ádám István Molnár, Milán Gyányi, Csanád Molnár, Lukács Ivo Molnár | 1:35.65 |
| C4 M 1000 m | U23 | Balázs Szilágyi, Milán Gyányi, Csanád Molnár, György Molnár-Gábor | 3:32.94 |
| C1 W 500 m (U15-U16) | Youth (U15–U16) | Anna Trencsényi | 2:11.88 |
| C1 M 500 m (U16) | Youth (U15–U16) | Zétény Marenec-Dózsa | 1:52.56 |
| C1 M 500 m (U15) | Youth (U15–U16) | Ádám Kovács | 2:02.60 |
| C2 M 500 m (U15-U16) | Youth (U15–U16) | Zétény Marenec-Dózsa, Hunor Mágori | 1:53.35 |
| C2 W 500 m (U15-U16) | Youth (U15–U16) | Anna Trencsényi, Zsófia Nikoletta Fodor | 2:07.87 |
| K1 W 500 m (U15) | Youth (U15–U16) | Nedda Ágh | 1:55.27 |
| C1 M 1000 m (U15) | Youth (U15–U16) | Ádám Kovács | 4:19.89 |
| C1 M 1000 m (U16) | Youth (U15–U16) | Zétény Marenec-Dózsa | 4:03.69 |
| K1 W 1000 m (U15) | Youth (U15–U16) | Nedda Ágh | 4:08.06 |
| C1 M 2000 m (U16) | Youth (U15–U16) | Zétény Marenec-Dózsa | 8:57.77 |
| C1 M 2000 m (U15) | Youth (U15–U16) | Csoma Molnár | 9:33.57 |
| C1 W 2000 m (U15-U16) | Youth (U15–U16) | Anna Trencsényi | 10:36.53 |
The spread is the point. Of the club's 55 medals, 24 came in the youth classes (U15–U16), 15 among the juniors (U17–U18) and 16 at U23 — a pipeline pouring at every stage, from Zétény Marenec-Dózsa's four-gold youth canoe sweep to Csanád Molnár's U23 C4 triple across the 200 m, 500 m and 1000 m. Dávid Zsombor Barna supplied the emotional peak, winning the junior C1 500 m raced as the György Kolonics memorial — the Kolonics Cup — in 1:53.59, one of his three golds of the week. Nedda Ágh added the Csernák Orsolya memorial trophy in the U15 kayak. In the women's youth canoe, Anna Trencsényi reached across two age brackets, taking titles among both the U15–U16 girls and the juniors.
The one man the hosts could not pass
The asterisk on a dominant week wore number one on a Budapest boat. In all six U23 canoe finals won by Milán Mészáros of Újpesti Torna Egylet — three in C1, three in C2 — the second boat across the line belonged to MVM Szeged. Zsombor Marenec-Dozsa was 0.97 seconds short over the C1 1000 m and 12.02 over the 5000 m; Milán Gyányi chased the C1 500 m home at 1.19 seconds; Molnár and Gyányi pushed the world champions to 0.44 seconds in the C2 200 m. Six silvers behind one man — a frustration, but also a depth chart no other club matched, as the Mészáros profile details from the other side.
A club built for exactly this
For readers who know Szeged mainly as a race venue: the club predates the fame of the course. MVM Szegedi Vízisport SE is one of Hungary's most successful kayak-canoe clubs, racing under the MVM name since the energy group became title sponsor in 2001. Its trophy history includes a day at the 2007 world championships in Duisburg when five club athletes — Natasa Janics among them — won world titles, and it has taken the Hungarian federation's championship points competition three years running. The Maty-ér course next door, host of the 2019 ICF world championships, doubles as its daily training water.
That context frames the 2026 result: on the course where the ECA Junior & U23 European Championships had crowned continental champions weeks earlier, the local club out-medalled the Kovács Katalin Akadémia — the national academy founded in 2021 and presided over by the three-time Olympic and 31-time world champion herself — by 55 medals to 49, and held off Patent Győr on the gold count tiebreak, 21 to 14.
The rivals reading the same table
Honesty demands the other columns. The Kovács Katalin Akadémia matched Szeged almost gold for gold in the kayak classes, with Hanna Pető's four U23 golds the standout haul. Lágymányosi Spari Vízisport squeezed 11 golds from just 22 medals — the best conversion rate among the top clubs — largely through Dóra Takács's four-gold youth kayak week. And Újpesti Torna Egylet's 10 golds came concentrated in two U23 canoeists, the sharpest tip of any spear in Szeged. The full breakdown by category sits in the championships results review.
What the table hides
Two structural notes make the 55 medals more impressive, not less. First, the youth classes in Hungary race in narrow bands — U15, U16 and combined U15–U16 fields — which means a club must field competitive boats in each band separately to accumulate; Szeged's 24 youth medals were not one strong year-group but several arriving at once. Second, the club's U23 haul came almost entirely in canoe, the discipline where it collided head-on with the Mészáros–Mitropulosz axis: sixteen medals from that collision, six of them the silvers behind the champion himself. Depth produced the table; converting those silvers into golds is next season's assignment, and the club's own four-gold teenagers suggest the reinforcements are already in the building.
From Maty-ér to the autumn
The club's younger crews now point to the Olympic Hopes Regatta starting 10 September, the traditional European measuring point for U15–U17 age groups. The U23 group has a nearer date: the world championships in Poznań open on 26 August, where the young canoeists who spent a week chasing Mészáros will be measured against open international fields instead. For a club that turned 368 available medals into 55, the autumn is less a question than a schedule.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many medals did MVM Szeged win at the 2026 Hungarian junior and U23 nationals?
Fifty-five: 21 gold, 14 silver and 20 bronze — the most of any club. The medals split 24 in the youth categories, 15 among juniors and 16 at U23.
Which club finished second in the medal table?
By total medals, Kovács Katalin Akadémia with 49 (14 golds). Patent Győr also won 14 golds from 39 medals.
Who were MVM Szeged's top performers in Szeged?
Zétény Marenec-Dózsa (four youth canoe golds), Csanád Molnár (three U23 C4 golds), Dávid Zsombor Barna (three junior golds including the Kolonics Cup), Anna Trencsényi (canoe titles in two age brackets) and Nedda Ágh (Csernák Orsolya memorial trophy, U15 kayak).
What is the Kolonics Cup that Barna won?
The junior C1 500 m at the Hungarian nationals is raced as the memorial of György Kolonics, Olympic champion of 1996 (C2 500 m) and 2000 (C1 500 m) and fifteen-time world champion, who died in training in 2008 at 36.
Why did MVM Szeged win the table but not the U23 canoe golds?
Because of one opponent: Milán Mészáros of Újpesti TE won all six U23 canoe finals he entered, with an MVM Szeged boat second in every one of them — six silvers that would have been the gold column of most clubs.
What is the Maty-ér course where the championships were held?
A regatta course outside Szeged, the club's daily training water and one of world canoe sprint's flagship venues — host of the 2019 ICF world championships, and this season also of the junior & U23 European championships and a World Cup round.
Where can I find full results of MVM Szeged's races?
Every race of the championships is on the Hungarian Youth, Junior & U23 National Championships 2026 event page.
The championships also carried a birthday: the Hungarian federation marked 85 years since its founding during the finals, on the water its most successful club calls home.
A home medal table won on depth, a memorial cup kept in Szeged and a queue of teenagers already stamped for the autumn: MVM Szegedi Vízisport SE leaves its own championships with the structure of Hungarian canoe sprint's future on display. The next reading comes from Poznań, from 26 August.
Sources: official results of the Hungarian Canoe Federation (kajakkenusport.hu), MVM Szeged VE (szegedive.hu), MKKSZ.