Roland Kökény (born 24 October 1975) is a Hungarian

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er who competed from the early 2000s in European and World Championships as well as the

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. A member of the Esztergom Kayak-Canoe club, he is tall and weighs .

Biography

Born in

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

, Kökény won four medals at the

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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

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in the Kayak Double (K2) 1000m. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he came sixth in the K-1 1000 m event.

Awards

HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Bronze BAR

Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Bronze Cross (2004) * Hungarian kayaker of the Year (2): 2005, 2012 * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012) * Honorary Citizen of

Esztergom Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Dan ...

(2012) * Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2012) * Member of the Hungarian team of year (Men's K-2 with Rudolf Dombi): 2012 * Honorary Citizen of

Zugló Zugló (german: Lerchenfeld) is the official name of the 14th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest XIV. kerülete), the capital of Hungary. It is a large and mixed neighborhood, with communist era style highrise apartments sprinkled between dec ...

(2012)

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* * 1975 births Budapest Honvéd FC canoers Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Miskolc {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub