Ákos Vereckei

The native form of this personal name is Vereckei Ákos. This article uses the Western name order.
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold 2000 Sydney K-4 1000 m
Gold 2004 Athens K-4 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 1997 Dartmouth K-4 500 m
Gold 1998 Szeged K-1 500 m
Gold 1999 Milan K-1 500 m
Gold 1999 Milan K-4 1000 m
Gold 2001 Poznań K-1 500 m
Gold 2006 Szeged K-4 1000 m
Silver 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m
Silver 2010 Poznań K-2 1000 m
Bronze 1999 Milan K-4 500 m
Bronze 2002 Seville K-2 1000 m

Ákos Vereckei (Sometimes listes as Ákos Vereczkei, born August 26, 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals in the K-4 1000 m events (2000, 2004).

Vereckei also won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six golds (K-1 500 m: 1998, 1999, 2001; K-4 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1999; K-4 1000 m: 2006), two silvers (K-2 1000 m: 2010, K-4 1000 m: 2003), and two bronzes (K-2 1000 m: 2002, K-4 500 m: 1999).

A member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club, he is 188 cm (6'1") tall and weighs 88 kg (194 lbs).

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1964: Soviet Union (Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Volodymyr Morozov) • 1968: Norway (Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, Egil Søby, Jan Johansen) • 1972: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Yuri Stetsenko, Volodymyr Morozov, Valeri Didenko) • 1976: Soviet Union (Sergei Chukhray, Aleksandr Degtyarev, Yuri Filatov, Volodymyr Morozov) • 1980: East Germany (Rüdiger Helm, Bernd Olbricht, Harald Marg, Bernd Duvigneau) • 1984: New Zealand (Grant Bramwell, Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald, Alan Thompson) • 1988: Hungary (Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, Sándor Hódosi, Attila Ábrahám) • 1992: Germany (Mario Von Appen, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, André Wohllebe) • 1996: Germany (Thomas Reineck, Olaf Winter, Detlef Hofmann, Mark Zabel) • 2000 – 2004: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Horváth) • 2008: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu)
1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE) * 1950: Johan Andersen (DEN) * 1954: Gert Fredriksson (SWE) * 1958: Stefan Kapłaniak (POL) * 1963: Aurel Vernescu (ROU) * 1966: Aurel Vernescu (ROU) * 1970: Anatoliy Tischenko (URS) * 1971: Nikolay Gogol (URS) * 1973: Géza Csapó (HUN) * 1974: Vasile Dîba (ROU) * 1975: Géza Csapó (HUN) * 1977: Vasile Dîba (ROU) * 1978: Vasile Dîba (ROU) * 1979: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) * 1981: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) * 1982: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) * 1983: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) * 1985: Andreas Stähle (GDR) * 1986: Jeremy West (GBR) * 1987: Paul MacDonald (NZL) * 1989: Martin Hunter (AUS) * 1990: Sergey Kalesnik (URS) * 1991: Renn Crichlow (CAN) * 1993: Mikko Kolehmainen (FIN) * 1994: Zsombor Borhi (HUN) * 1995: Piotr Markiewicz (POL) * 1997: Botond Storcz (HUN) * 1998: Ákos Vereckei (HUN) * 1999: Ákos Vereckei (HUN) * 2001: Ákos Vereckei (HUN) * 2002: Nathan Baggaley (AUS) * 2003: Nathan Baggaley (AUS) * 2005: Nathan Baggaley (AUS) * 2006: Marek Twardowski (POL) * 2007: Adam van Koeverden (CAN) * 2009: Ronald Rauhe (GER) * 2010: Anders Gustafsson (SWE) * 2011: Marek Twardowski (POL)
1977: Poland (Ryszard Oborski, Daniel Wełna, Grzegorz Kołtan, & Henryk Budzicz) * 1978: East Germany (Frank-Peter Bischof, Bernd Duvigneau, Roland Graupner, & Harald Marg) * 1979: East Germany (Bernd Duvigneau, Harald Marg, Jürgen Dittrich, & Roland Graupner) * 1981: Soviet Union (Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Polianis, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1982: Soviet Union (Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Kolokolov, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1983: East Germany (Andreas Stähle, Peter Hempel, Harald Marg, & Rüdiger Helm) * 1985: East Germany (André Wohllebe, Frank Fischer, Peter Hempel, & Heiko Zinke) * 1986: East Germany (Andreas Stähle, Frank Fischer, André Wohllebe, & Jens Fiedler) * 1987: Soviet Union (Aleksandr Motuzenko, Sergey Kirsanov, Arturas Veta, & Viktor Denisov) * 1989: Soviet Union (Viktor Denisov, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1990: Soviet Union (Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1991: Germany (Detlef Hofmann, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, & André Wohllebe) * 1993: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Aleksandr Ivanik, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1994: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1995: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1997: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, & Robert Hegedus) * 1998: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 1999: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 2001: Russia (Roman Zarubin, Aleksandr Ivanik, Denys Tourtchenkov, & Andrey Tissin) * 2002: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2003: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2005: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Dziamyan Turchyn, & Vadzim Makhneu) * 2006: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Róbert Erban, & Erik Vlček) * 2007: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Tarr)

1938: Germany (Ernst Kube, Heini Brüggemann, Ernst Strathmann & Heine Strathmann) · 1948: Sweden (Hans Berglund, Lennart Klingström, Gunnar Åkerlund & Hans Wetterström · 1950: Sweden (Einar Pihl, Hans Eriksson, Lars Pettersson & Berndt Häppling) · 1954: Hungary (Imre Vagyóczki, László Kovács, László Nagy & Zoltán Szigeti) · 1958: West Germany (Michel Scheuer, Georg Lietz, Gustav Schmidt & Theodor Kleine) · 1963: East Germany (Günther Perleberg, Dieter Krause, Siegfried Rossberg & Wolfgang Lange) · 1966: Romania (Atanase Sciotnic, Mihai Ţurcaş, Haralambie Ivanov & Anton Calenic) · 1970: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Valeri Didenko, Yuri Stetsenko & Volodymyr Morozov) · 1971: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Volodymyr Mozorov, Yuri Stetsenko & Valeri Didenko) · 1973: Hungary (József Deme, János Rátkai, Csongor Vargha & Csaba Giczi) · 1974: East Germany (Herbert Laabs, Ulrich Hellige, Jürgen Lehnert & Bernd Duvigneau) · 1975: Spain (Herminio Menéndez, José María Esteban, José Ramón López & Luis Gregorio Ramos) · 1977: Poland (Ryszard Oborski, Daniel Wełna, Grzegorz Kołtan & Henryk Budzicz) · 1978: East Germany (Bernd Olbricht, Bernd Duvigneau, Rüdiger Helm & Harald Marg) · 1979: East Germany (Bernd Duvigneau, Rüdiger Helm, Harald Marg & Bernd Olbricht) · 1981: East Germany (Rüdiger Helm, Frank-Peter Bischof, Peter Hempel & Harald Marg) · 1982: Sweden (Per-Inge Bengtsson, Lars-Erik Moberg, Thomas Ohlsson & Bengt Andersson) · 1983: Romania (Ionel Constantin, Nicolae Fedosel, Ionel Letcae & Angelin Velea) · 1985: Sweden (Per-Inge Bengtsson, Lars-Erik Moberg, Kalle Sundqvist & Bengt Andersson) · 1986: Hungary (Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, László Fidel & Zoltán Kovács) · 1987: Hungary (Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zoltán Kovács) · 1989: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1990: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1991: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1993: Germany (Thomas Reineck, Oliver Kegel, André Wohllebe & Mario Von Appen) · 1994: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Aleksandr Ivanik & Oleg Gorobiy) · 1995: Germany (Detlef Hofmann, Rene Pflugmacher, Thomas Reineck & Mark Zabel) · 1997: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 1998: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 1999: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei & Gábor Horváth) · 2001: Germany (Andreas Ihle, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 2002: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček & Juraj Bača) · 2003: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček & Juraj Bača) · 2005: Germany (Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Björn Bach & Arnd Goldschmidt) · 2006: Hungary (Ákos Vereckei, Roland Kökény, Lajos Gyökös & Gábor Horváth) · 2007: Germany (Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Marco Herszel & Björn Goldschmidt) · 2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu, Artur Litvinchuk, Raman Piatrushenka & Aliaksei Abalmasau) · 2010: France (Arnaud Hybois, Étienne Hubert, Sébastien Jouve & Philippe Colin) · 2011: Germany (Norman Bröckl, Robert Gleinert, Max Hoff & Paul Mittelstedt)