BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the factbox on Attila Sandor Vajda of Hungary, who won the gold medal in the canoe single 1,000 meters at Beijing Olympic Games on Friday:

    Age: 25 (date of birth: 17 Mar, 1983)

    Place of birth: Szeged, Hungary

    Career achievements:

    6th place, C1 1,000m, 2005 world championships

    Bronze, C1, 1,000m, 2006 world championships

    Gold, C1, 1,000m, 2007 world champions

    Earlier Olympic results:

    bronze, C1 1000m, Athens 2004

    He came as strong favorite for Beijing Games as the reigning world champion. He likes taking photos, playing the guitar and reading.