Márton Joób
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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]
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)
External links[edit]
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