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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 different languages on Wikipedia. György Kolonics is the 3,089th most popular athlete (up from 3,608th in 2019), the 890th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 929th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, György Kolonics ranks 3,089 out of 6,025. Before him are Ildikó Mincza-Nébald, Austra Skujytė, Zdzisław Hoffmann, Richard Trautmann, Magnus Petersson, and Michael Woods. After him are Tanya Dangalakova, George Poage, Mujinga Kambundji, Tatyana Lesovaya, Elena Kaliská, and Esther Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, György Kolonics ranks 696. Before him are Maria Butyrskaya, Ángel Casero, Ilya Markov, Tibor Benedek, Natalie Morales, and Avijit Roy. After him are Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Sergei Gurenko, Elena Kaliská, Florian Gallenberger, Fernando Echávarri, and Maggie O'Farrell. Among people deceased in 2008, György Kolonics ranks 398. Before him are Levi Stubbs, Alexey Prokurorov, Rob Knox, Es'kia Mphahlele, Larry Norman, and François Sterchele. After him are Karen Asrian, G. David Low, Eudy Simelane, Bill Brown, Tony Snow, and Jacob Lekgetho.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, György Kolonics ranks 890 out of 1,077. Before him are Gábor Vona (1978), Zsolt Erdei (1974), 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 108. Before him are Attila Horváth (1967), Adrián Annus (1973), Balázs Kiss (1972), Attila Ábrahám (1967), Bertalan Hajtós (1965), and Ildikó Mincza-Nébald (1969). After him are Tímea Nagy (1970), Éva Dónusz (1967), József Csák (1966), László Fidel (1965), Susan Francia (1982), and Krisztián Pars (1982).

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