Roland Kökény

Roland Kökény (born 24 October 1975) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 2000s in European and World Championships as well as the Olympic Games. A member of the Esztergom Kayak-Canoe club, he is 185 centimetres (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighs 82 kilograms (181 lb; 12.9 st).

Roland Kökény
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 London K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 ZagrebK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2003 GainesvilleK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2013 DuisburgK-2 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 ZagrebK-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 BelgradeK-2 1000 m

Biography

Born in Miskolc, Kökény won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2005, K-4 1000 m: 2006) and two silvers (K-4 1000 m: 2001, 2003).

Kökény also competed in three Summer Olympics, at the London Olympics of 2012, he won the gold medal together with Rudolf Dombi for his country in the Kayak Double (K2) 1000m.[1] At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he came sixth in the K-1 1000 m event.

Awards

References

  1. "London 2012 Men's K2 1000m". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 August 2014.


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