Danuta Kozák

Danuta Kozák (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɒnutɒ ˈkozaːk]; born 11 January 1987) is a Hungarian sprint canoer. Her mother is of Polish descent. She won one silver and five olympic gold medals, of which three in 2016 Rio de Janeiro in 2016, making her the only female to win K1, K2 and K4 at the same Olympics.

Kozák has competed since the late 2000s. She won a silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Kozák then won a gold medal at the London Olympics in the Kayak Four (K4) 500m team event with Gabriella Szabó, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas Zur for Hungary. She also won the gold medal in the Kayak Single (K1) 500m. She won three gold medals in the Kayak Single (K1) 500m, Kayak Pairs (K2) 500m and Kayak Four (K4) 500m at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; a feat compounded with her reeling from a stomach infection one day before the events. The latter results made her the most successful Hungarian sprint canoer and the only female athlete to win K1, K2 and K4 at the same Olympics.

Kozák has also won fourteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with eleven golds (K-1 500 m: 2013, 2014; K-2 200 m: 2011; K-2 500 m: 2009, 2010, 2015; K-4 500 m: 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and K-1 200 m relay: 2013), two silvers (K-1 500 m: 2011 and K-4 500 m: 2015) and a bronze (K-2 1000 m: 2007).

• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2008)
• Junior Príma award (2008)
• KSI SE - Athlete of Year (2008)
• Hungarian kayaker of the Year (5): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
• Perpetual champion of Hungarian Kayak-Canoe (2011)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)
• Honorary Citizen of Budapest (2012)
• Honorary Citizen of Újpest (2016)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross with Star (2016)