Danuta Kozak, born January 11, 1987, is a Hungarian sprint kayaker who has won six Olympic gold medals along with one silver and one bronze. Three of her golds came at the 2016 Rio Olympics, making her the first woman to win the K1, K2 and K4 events at the same Olympic Games, a feat later equalled in 2024 by New Zealand's Lisa Carrington. She added a gold in the women's K-4 500 meters and a bronze in the K-2 500 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Career HighlightSix Olympic gold medals plus one silver and one bronze, including three golds at the 2016 Rio Olympics 1 Classification
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Which Olympic titles has Danuta Kozak successfully defended?
She defended the women's K-1 500 metres title from London 2012 to Rio de Janeiro 2016 and the K-4 500 metres title through Tokyo 2020.
Olympedia lists Danuta Kozak among the sprint canoeists who successfully defended their Olympic title in the same event in back-to-back Games, and it records two such defences. In the women's kayak singles over 500 metres, her title spans London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016. In the women's kayak fours over 500 metres, her title spans London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
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Danuta Kozák (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɒnutɒ ˈkozaːk]; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist.
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born 11 January 1987
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She has won one silver, one bronze and six Olympic gold medals, three of which in Rio de Janeiro in 2016
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Danuta Kozák (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɒnutɒ ˈkozaːk]; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist.
Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and bronze medal in Women's K-2 500 metres.
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