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György Kolonics

1972 - 2008

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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 died from cardiac arrest while preparing for his fifth Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). György Kolonics is the 3,140th most popular athlete (up from 3,561st in 2024), the 902nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 929th in 2019) and the 111th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, György Kolonics ranks 3,140 out of 6,025. Before him are Austra Skujytė, Violeta Ninova, Zdzisław Hoffmann, Richard Trautmann, Magnus Petersson, and Michael Woods. After him are Gustav Weder, Tanya Dangalakova, Stefan Krauße, George Poage, Mujinga Kambundji, and Tomislav Paškvalin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, György Kolonics ranks 759. Before him are Ángel Casero, Ilya Markov, Aliaskhab Kebekov, Tibor Benedek, Natalie Morales, and Avijit Roy. After him are Stéphane Risacher, Olivia Bonamy, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Sergei Gurenko, Elena Kaliská, and Florian Gallenberger. Among people deceased in 2008, György Kolonics ranks 400. Before him are Alexey Prokurorov, Rob Knox, Es'kia Mphahlele, Larry Norman, Thomas Dörflein, and François Sterchele. After him are Karen Asrian, G. David Low, Gidget Gein, Eudy Simelane, Horst Skoff, and Alfredo Reinado.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, György Kolonics ranks 902 out of 1,077. Before him are Zsolt Erdei (1974), Attila Adrovicz (1966), György Garics (1984), Tibor Benedek (1972), László Toroczkai (1978), and Ildikó Mincza-Nébald (1969). After him are Géza Röhrig (1967), Gábor Talmácsi (1981), Márton Fucsovics (1992), Terézia Mora (1971), Szilveszter Csollány (1970), and Csilla Bátorfi (1969).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, György Kolonics ranks 111. Before him are István Busa (1961), Balázs Kiss (1972), Attila Ábrahám (1967), Bertalan Hajtós (1965), Attila Adrovicz (1966), and Ildikó Mincza-Nébald (1969). After him are Erika Mészáros (1966), Tímea Nagy (1970), Éva Dónusz (1967), József Csák (1966), László Fidel (1965), and Susan Francia (1982).

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