Danuta Kozák

Danuta Kozák
Personal information
Nationality Hungarian
Born (1987-01-11) January 11, 1987
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport Canoe sprint
Club KSI (1996–2008)
Bp. Honvéd (2009–2012)
Újpesti TE (2013–)
Coached by Béla Somogyi
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 5 1 0
World Championships 11 3 1
European Championships 6 3 0
European Games 2 0 1
Total 24 6 2
Olympic Games
2012 London K-1 500 m
2012 London K-4 500 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro K-1 500 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m
2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
World Championships
2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
2009 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
2010 Poznań K-2 500 m
2011 Szeged K-2 200 m
2011 Szeged K-4 500 m
2013 Duisburg K-1 500 m
2013 Duisburg K-4 500 m
2013 Duisburg K–1 200 m Relay
2014 Moscow K-1 500 m
2014 Moscow K-4 500 m
2015 Milan K-2 500 m
2011 Szeged K-1 500 m
2015 Milan K-4 500 m
2007 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
European Championships
2011 Belgrade K-1 500 m
2011 Belgrade K-2 200 m
2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m
2014 Brandenburg K-1 500 m
2014 Brandenburg K-1 200 m
2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m
2011 Belgrade K-4 500 m
2012 Zagreb K-4 500 m
2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-1 500 m
European Games
2015 Baku K-1 500 m
2015 Baku K-4 500 m
2015 Baku K-1 200 m
The native form of this personal name is Kozák Danuta. This article uses the Western name order.

Danuta Kozák (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɒnutɒ ˈkozaːk]; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian sprint canoer. Her mother is of Polish descent.[1] 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.

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.[2] 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.[3] 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).

Awards and honours

Orders and special awards

References

  1. ↑ http://magazine.canoeicf.com/articles/ef8f9e8d6984fdcaf9136e8a064089a1
  2. ↑ "Kozak of Hungary wins gold in women's K-1 500". The Times Of India. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.origo.hu/olimpia-2016/kajak-kenu/20160818-igy-gyogyitottak-meg-kozak-danutat.html


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