Péter Pál Kiss
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| Full name | Péter Pál Kiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paracanoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Guillain–Barré syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | KL1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | István Pruzsina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Péter Pál Kiss (born 6 May 2003) is a Hungarian paracanoeist. He represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Kiss represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the men's KL1 event and won a gold medal.[1][2] At 18 years old he was youngest-ever paracanoe Paralympic champion.[3]
Early life
Kiss originally lived in a shanty town in Baranya County.[4] In 2011, Kiss was paralyzed after being diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome.[5][6] When Kiss was eight, he thought it was a fever that was originally thought as just being the flu but as a result he lost feeling in his legs.[7] In order to get treatment, he moved to a school in Budapest.[4] As part of his rehabilitation, he started swimming despite a fear of water after a near drowning experience when he was younger and overcame that fear.[7]
Whilst undergoing rehabilitation after losing the use of his legs, his swimming coach noticed Kiss demonstrating talent in a canoe and suggested he take it up.[7] He started training on the River Danube and won gold and bronze medals at Hungary's national paracanoe championships.[8] When he was 16, he won gold at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[9] He subsequently won three consecutive World Championships in 2021, 2022 and 2023.[10]
Career
At the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Kiss won gold in the 200 metre KL1 sprint.[11] This made him the first teenager to win gold in the KL1 class.[12] Prior to the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games in Paris, France, Kiss suffered a pectoral muscle injury in training that kept him out of the 2024 European and World Championships and only qualified for the Paralympics after winning a domestic head to head competition.[13] Following a repeat gold medal win at the Paralympics, Kiss was selected as Hungary's co-flagbearer for the closing ceremony.[14] Later in the year, Kiss announced that he was looking to enter in the VL2 category in addition to KL1.[13] In 2025, he announced that he had a new coach and trained in the bay at Újpest on the Danube as a part of the Budapesti Honvéd SE canoeing team.[15] On 11 January 2024, he was named the Hungarian parasportsman of the year for 2023.[16]
References
- ^ "Canoe Sprint: KISS Peter Pal". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Hungary's Peter Kiss seals first gold medal of the canoe sprint competition at Tokyo 2020". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Peter Pal Kiss ready to repeat 'unforgettable experience' of Tokyo". paralympic.org. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Kiss Péter Pál paralimpiai bajnok: A szabadságot, ami bennem volt, elvették tőlem". wmn.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Péter Pál Kiss Wins Seventh Hungarian Gold Medal at Paralympics". Hungary Today. 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Peter Pal Kiss feels lucky to have found Para sport". paralympic.org. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "IPC podcast: Peter Pal Kiss feels lucky to have found Para sport". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Péter Pál Kiss Wins Seventh Hungarian Gold Medal at Paralympics". Hungary Today. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Peter Pal Kiss ready to repeat 'unforgettable experience' of Tokyo". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Kiss headlines Hungarian team for Paralympics". ICF - Planet Canoe. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 canoe sprint starts with a Kiss". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020: Takeaways from Para Canoe". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b "A kenuzást is kipróbálja a jövőben a paralimpiai bajnok Kiss Péter Pál" (in Hungarian). M4 Sport. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Paralympic Team Returns Home from Paris with 15 Medals". Hungary Today. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Kiss Péter Pál parasportnagykövet: a kajak mellett kenus is lehetek". Infostart (in Hungarian). 21 February 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Peter Pal Kiss Hungarian parasportsman of the year". canoe-europe.org. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
External links
- Peter Kiss at the International Canoe Federation
- Peter Kiss at the International Paralympic Committee
- Kiss Péter Pál at Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian)