György Kozmann (born March 23, 1978 in

Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; hr, Seksar; german: Sechshard or ; sr, Сексард) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area ...

) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed since the late 1990s. Competing in two

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, he won two bronze medals in the C-2 1000 m event, earning them in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

and

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. He has also won eleven medals at the

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with five golds (C-2 500 m:

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, C-2 1000 m: 2006, C-4 200 m:

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

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, C-4 1000 m: 2001), two silvers (C-2 500 m:

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, C-4 500 m: 2001), and four bronzes (C-2 500 m: 2006, C-2 1000 m: 2003, 2005; C-4 1000 m:

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). From 2003 until 2008, he was the C-2 partner of

György Kolonics György "Kolo" Kolonics (4 June 1972 – 15 July 2008) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won two gold and two bronze medals at four Summer Olympics. He also won a record fifteen gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. He die ...

. 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 Atomerőmű SE, sometimes shortened to ASE, is a Hungarian professional basketball team based in Paks. The team plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional league in Hungary. The team was founded in 1979 and has won the Hungari ...

club and is coached by Attila Szabó. He is 179 cm (5'10") tall and weighs 83 kg (182 lbs).

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* * 1978 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Living people Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Szekszárd Sportspeople from Tolna County 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub