Roland Kökény

Roland Kökény

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Competitor for  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold	2012 London	K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold	2005 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-4 1000 m
Silver	2001 Poznań	K-4 1000 m
Silver	2003 Gainesville	K-4 1000 m
Bronze	2013 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
European Championships
Gold	2012 Zagreb	K-2 1000 m
Bronze	2011 Belgrade	K-2 1000 m

Roland Kökény (born 24 October 1975 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 2000s. A member of the Esztergom Kayak-Canoe club, he is 185 (6'1") tall and weighs 82 kg (180 lbs). He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2005, K-4 1000 m: 2006) and two silvers (K-4 1000 m: 2001, 2003).

Kökény also competed in three Summer Olympics, at the London Olympics of 2012, he won the gold medal together with Rudolf Dombi for his country in the Kayak Double (K2) 1000m.^[1] At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he came sixth in the K-1 1000 m event.

References

External links

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile