Roland Kökény

The native form of this personal name is Kökény Roland. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Roland Kökény

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
	2012 London	K-2 1000 m
World Championships
	2005 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m
	2006 Szeged	K-4 1000 m
	2001 Poznań	K-4 1000 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 1000 m
	2013 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
European Championships
	2012 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m
	2011 Belgrade	K-2 1000 m

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 Olympics 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).

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. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he came sixth in the K-1 1000 m event.

Awards and honours

Orders and special awards

• Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Bronze Cross (2004)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)

External links

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile