Nationality Hungarian Height 1.68 m Sport Canoe sprint Weight 62 kg | Name Danuta Kozak Coached by Bela Somogyi Role Olympic athlete | |
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Olympic medals Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women\'s K-4 500 metres Similar People Gabriella Szabo, Katalin Kovacs, Krisztina Fazekas Zur, Bridgitte Hartley, Inna Osypenko‑Radomska | ||
Hungary s danuta kozak wins gold women s 500 meter k 1 olympic canoe
Danuta Kozák ([ˈdɒnutɒ ˈkozaːk]; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian sprint canoer. Her mother is of Polish descent. She won one silver and five olympic gold medals, of which three in 2016 Rio de Janeiro in 2016, making her the only female to win K1, K2 and K4 at the same Olympics.
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- Hungary s danuta kozak wins gold women s 500 meter k 1 olympic canoe
- Hungary canoer danuta kozak wins women s k 1 500
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Hungary canoer danuta kozak wins women s k 1 500
Career
Kozák has competed since the late 2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Kozák then won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with Gabriella Szabó, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas Zur for Hungary. She also won the gold medal in the Kayak Single (K1) 500m. She won three gold medals in the Kayak Single (K1) 500m, Kayak Pairs (K2) 500m and Kayak Four (K4) 500m at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; a feat compounded with her reeling from a stomach infection one day before the events. The latter results made her the most successful Hungarian sprint canoer and the only female athlete to win K1, K2 and K4 at the same Olympics.
Kozák has also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eleven golds (K-1 500 m: 2013, 2014; K-2 200 m: 2011; K-2 500 m: 2009, 2010, 2015; K-4 500 m: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and K-1 200 m relay: 2013), two silvers (K-1 500 m: 2011 and K-4 500 m: 2015) and a bronze (K-2 1000 m: 2007).
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