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Danuta Kozak

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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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Birth Year
1987 1
Birth Date
1987-01-11 1
Nationality
Hungarian 1
Career Highlight
Six Olympic gold medals plus one silver and one bronze, including three golds at the 2016 Rio Olympics 1
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1. Danuta Kozak - Wikipedia
  • Lead, paragraph 1, sentence 1 (birth date)
    born 11 January 1987
  • Infobox, Born
    11 January 1987
  • Infobox, Nationality
    Hungarian
  • Lead, paragraph 1, sentence 2
    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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