Márton Joób (born 24 June 1982 in Szeged) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist and a politician. He is married to Dóra, and they have 11 children.[1]
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  Hungary
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| World Championships | ||
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2003 Gainesville | C-4 1000 m |
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2007 Dusiburg | C-4 200 m |
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2007 Dusiburg | C-4 500 m |
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2006 Szeged | C-4 200 m |
Sports career edit
As an athlete he has competed since 2003. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-4 200 m: 2007, C-4 500 m: 2007, C-4 1000 m: 2003) and one bronze (C-4 200 m: 2006).
Joób also finished seventh in the C-1 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Political career edit
He is a politician for the Hungarian Socialist Party. He's been a councilman in the local government of Szeged since 2014.[2]
Tax fraud allegations edit
Joób has been detained by the National Tax and Customs Office (NAV) on July 28, 2020, on charges of VAT fraud in the range of hundreds of millions of Forints.[3][4] His house arrest has been ordered on July 30, 2020.[5]
References edit
- ^ Szegedma.hu - Megszületett Joób Mártonék tizenegyedik gyermeke
- ^ MSZP.hu - Joób Márton
- ^ "Szeged official detained over alleged VAT fraud". The Visegrád Group. 2020-07-29.
- ^ "Többszázmilliós ÁFA-csalás miatt őrizetbe vették Botka László bizalmasát". Origo.hu. 2020-07-28.
- ^ "Őrizetben Botka bizalmasa". Magyar Nemzet. 2020-07-30.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Márton Joób at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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