KOZAK Danuta

Date of Birth: 11 Jan 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.68/5'6''

Place of birth: BUDAPEST

Birth Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Single 500m	4
	Women's Kayak Double 500m HUN Hungary	3
	Women's Kayak Four 500m HUN Hungary	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Heat 1 #13	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Semi-final 1 #33	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Double 500m Final A #42	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Heat 4 #56	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Semi-final 2 #79	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 500m Final A #90	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Heat 1 #100	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Semi-final 1 #115	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Final A #124	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1	1	1
2012	London, GBR	1	-	1
2008	Beijing, CHN	-	-	2

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	3	-	DSQ	-	-	-
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	-	1	-	2	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	6	1	-	-	-	1	-
2013	Duisburg, GER	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	2	1	-	-	1	4
2010	Poznan, POL	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
2007	Duisburg, GER	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

European Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	2	2	2	1

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2021	Poznan, POL	-	2	1	-
2018	Belgrade, SRB	2	1	-	1

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2018	1 x 1st	1 x 1st	1 x 1st

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	Kayak Single 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:47.254
1	2018	Kayak Double 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:43.065
1	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:33.761

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Dana (rio2016.com, 09 Dec 2014)

Occupation:

Horticulture - Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Husband Bela Somogyi, daughter Zora [2017]

Languages spoken:

English, Hungarian, Polish

Ujpesti TE [Budapest, HUN]

Bela Somogyi [personal], HUN

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Bela Somogyi has coached kayaking in Hungary. (origo.hu, 22 Aug 2019)

She competed with a back injury at the 2019 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. (origo.hu, 26 Aug 2019)

She took up the sport at age nine. (rio2016.com, 09 Dec 2014)

Her parents introduced her to the sport. (kajakkenusport.hu, 14 Dec 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (origo.hu, 28 Mar 2019)

She was named 2019 Hungarian Female Kayaker of the Year. She also won the award on five occasions between 2011 and 2018. (kajakkenusport.hu, 10 Dec 2019; origo.hu, 18 Dec 2018; nemzetisport.hu, 10 Dec 2014)

She received the 2016 Best Female Canoe Sprint Olympian Award at the World Paddle Awards. (canoe-europe.org, 24 Feb 2017)

In 2012 she was named an honorary citizen of Budapest, Hungary. (biotechusashop.hu, 01 Jan 2013)

In 2012 she received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary. (biotechusashop.hu, 01 Jan 2013)

General Interest

General
MOTHERHOOD
In 2017 she took a break from sport to give birth to her daughter Zora. She returned to competition in June 2018 at the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. "As a mother, there are difficult times, but you get used to it. I get a lot of help from my husband and the two grandmothers. We also try to find the right balance between sport and parenting. As long as I enjoy it, as long as I am successful, and as long as we can work together as a family, there is a future for this. Of course, it's a bit difficult because besides training, you have to be a mum and do a bit of harder work. But that's what motherhood means." (origo.hu, 28 Mar 2019)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/danuta.kozak.92
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KozakDanuta

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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