György Kozmann (born March 23, 1978 in Szekszárd) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed since the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals in the C-2 1000 m event, earning them in 2004 and 2008.
He has also won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (C-2 500 m: 2007, C-2 1000 m: 2006, C-4 200 m: 2001, 2003, C-4 1000 m: 2001), two silvers (C-2 500 m: 2005, C-4 500 m: 2001), and four bronzes (C-2 500 m: 2006, C-2 1000 m: 2003, 2005; C-4 1000 m: 1999). From 2003 until 2008, he was the C-2 partner of György Kolonics.
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).
After the death of Kolonics only weeks prior the 2008 Olympics to where the pair qualified for both the C-2 500 m and the C-2 1000 m events, Kozmann initially refused to take part in the games, but eventually changed his mind after consulting with his coach, friends and Kolonics's friends. 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 club and is coached by Attila Szabó. He is 179 cm (5'10") tall and weighs 83 kg (182 lbs).
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1994: Russia ( Pavel Konovalov, Andrey Kabanov, Sergey Chemenov, & Aleksandr Kostoglod) * 1995: Hungary ( Ervin Hoffmann, Attila Szabó, György Kolonics, & Csaba Horváth) * 1997: Belarus ( Aleksandr Maseikov, Andrey Beliayev, Anatoliy Reneiskiy, & Vladimir Marinov) * 1998: Czech Republic ( Petr Procházka, Tomáš Křivánek, Petr Fuksa, & Karel Kožíšek) * 1999: Russia ( Roman Kruglyakov, Vladimir Ladocha, Konstantin Fomichev, & Andrey Kabanov) * 2001: Hungary ( György Zala, György Kozmann, Béla Belicza, & Gábor Ivan) * 2002: Russia ( Maxim Opalev, Roman Kruglyakov, Sergey Ulegin, & Aleksandr Kostoglod) * 2003: Hungary ( Sándor Malomsoki, Laszlo Vasali, György Kozmann, & György Kolonics) * 2005: Russia ( Maxim Opalev, Roman Kruglyakov, Aleksandr Kovalyov, & Aleksandr Kostoglod) * 2006: Czech Republic ( Petr Procházka, Jiří Heller, Jan Břečka, & Petr Fuksa) * 2007: Hungary ( Gábor Horváth, Péter Balász, Márton Joób, & Pál Sarudi) * 2009: Belarus ( Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Dzmitry Rabchanka, Aleksandr Vauchetskiy, & Dzmitry Vaitsishkin)
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1989: Soviet Union ( Yuriy Gurin, Nicolae Juravschi, Viktor Reneysky, & Valeriy Veshko) * 1990: Soviet Union ( Yuriy Gurin, Nicolae Juravschi, Viktor Reneysky, & Valeriy Veshko) * 1991: Soviet Union ( Yuriy Gurin, Nicolae Juravschi, Viktor Reneysky, & Valeriy Veshko) * 1993: Hungary ( Imre Pulai, György Kolonics, Tibor Takács, & Csaba Horváth) * 1994: Hungary ( Imre Pulai, György Kolonics, Tibor Takács, & Csaba Horváth) * 1995: Romania ( Marcel Glavan, Cosmin Pasca, Antonel Borsan, & Florin Popescu) * 1997: Romania ( Marcel Glavan, Cosmin Pasca, Antonel Borsan, & Florin Popescu) * 1998: Hungary ( Csaba Horváth, Béla Belicza, Csaba Hüttner, & László Szuszkó) * 1999: Russia ( Ignat Kovalev, Konstantin Fomichev, Aleskey Volkinskiy, & Andrey Kabanov) * 2001: Hungary ( György Zala, György Kozmann, Béla Belicza, & Gábor Ivan) * 2002: Poland ( Andrzej Jezierski, Adam Ginter, Michał Gajownik, & Roman Rykiewicz) * 2003: Hungary ( Csaba Hüttner, Márton Joób, Imre Pulai, & Ferenc Novák) * 2005: Poland ( Wojciech Tyszyński, Michał Śliwiński, Andrzej Jezierski, & Michał Gajownik) * 2006: Germany ( Robert Nuck, Stephan Breuing, Stefan Holtz, & Thomas Lück) * 2007: Romania ( Josif Chirila, Andrei Cuculici, Silviu Simoncenco, & Loredan Popa) * 2009: Belarus ( Dzianis Harazha, Dzmitry Rabchanka, Dzmitry Vaitsishkin, and Aleksandr Vauchetskiy) * 2010: Belarus ( Dzmitry Rabchanka, Dzmitry Vaitsishkin, Dzianis Harazha, and Aleksandr Vauchetskiy) * 2011: Belarus ( Dzmitry Rabchanka, Dzmitry Vaitsishkin, Dzianis Harazha, and Aleksandr Vauchetskiy)
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Canoe racer |
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March 23, 1978 |
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