György Kolonics

György Kolonics [ ɟørɟ kolonitʃ ] (* June 24, 1972 in Budapest, † July 15, 2008 ) was a Hungarian canoeist. He was a two-time Olympic champion in canoe racing.

Kolonics was at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Olympic champion in the two - Canadians and repeated this success four years later at the Olympic Games in Sydney in One - Canadians. In 2004, he took bronze in Athens in two over 1000 m.

In addition, he reached 1993-2007 a ​​total of 15 world titles and is thus one of the most successful athletes in the Canadian - discipline. His most successful World Championships he competed in 1995 when he took a total of five world title in two-man and four-man canoe. Most recently, he won with his long-time two - partner György Kozmann at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg in 2007 the gold medal in the 500 m.

Kolonics had already qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where he scored with Kozmann in two of the favorites and was provided as a standard bearer of the Hungarian Olympic team.

He died during a training exercise, probably due to a cardiac arrest.