Rebeka Simon
Sprint - Podium
Rebeka (Rebii) Simon was born in Hungary and is a women’s sprint kayaker. In 2016 she competed in Rio in her first Olympics as part of the Women's K4 500m crew and came 7th in a very competitive field. In 2018 Rebii won the bronze medal at the Under 23 European Championships in Auronze in the K1 1000m race. In only her second year at senior competitions and still only 22 years old, Rebii finished 13th in the K1 500m race. She also performed well at World Cup 1 in Szeged, finishing 12th in the K1 500m and at World Cup 2 finishing 11th, both in the K1 500m races.
2014 saw Rebii shortlisted for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award after a fantastic year of competition, taking silver in both the K1 1000m and 500m events at the Junior European Championships and also silver in the K1 500m at the Junior World Championships in Szeged.
