György Kozmann
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | C-2 1000 m | |
2008 Beijing | C-2 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
2001 Poznań | C-4 200 m | |
2001 Poznań | C-4 1000 m | |
2003 Gainesville | C-4 200 m | |
2006 Szeged | C-2 1000 m | |
2007 Dusiburg | C-2 500 m | |
2001 Poznań | C-4 500 m | |
2005 Zagreb | C-2 500 m | |
1999 Milan | C-4 1000 m | |
2003 Gainesville | C-2 1000 m | |
2005 Zagreb | C-2 1000 m | |
2006 Szeged | C-2 500 m |
György Kozmann (born March 23, 1978, in Szekszárd) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals in the C-2 1000 m event.
He has also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (C-2 500 m: 2007, C-2 1000 m: 2006, C-4 200 m: 2001, 2003, C-4 1000 m: 2001), two silvers (C-2 500 m: 2005, C-4 500 m: 2001), and four bronzes (C-2 500 m: 2006, C-2 1000 m: 2003, 2005; C-4 1000 m: 1999). From 2003 until 2008, he was the C-2 partner of György Kolonics.
In the European championships Kozmann has been a gold medalist four times - C-4 500 m (2002), C-4 1000 m (2000 and 2002) and C-2 500 m (2004).
Kolonics death came weeks prior to the 2008 Olympics, to what the pair qualified for both the C-2 500 m and the C-2 1000 m events. Kozmann refused to take part in the games, consulted with his coach, friends and Kolonics's friends, then changed his mind. He competed in the C-2 1000 m event with Tamás Kiss, and the pair finished on the third place in the C-2 1000 m final. He later received a Fair Play prize for this from the Hungarian Olympic Committee.
Kozmann is a member of the Atomerőmű SE club and is coached by Attila Szabó. He is 179 cm (5'10") tall and weighs 83 kg (182 lbs).
References
[edit]- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "György Kozmann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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- 1978 births
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- Hungarian male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for Hungary
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
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- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
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- Sportspeople from Szekszárd
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- World Games silver medalists for Hungary
- World Games bronze medalists for Hungary
- Medalists at the 2009 World Games
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