Zoltán Kammerer
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Nickname | Kamera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978 (age 46) Vác, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gödi SE (–1993) Újpesti TE (1994–1996) Győri VSE (1997–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zoltán Kammerer (born 10 March 1978) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won three gold medals (K-2 500 m: 2000, K-4 1000 m: 2000, 2004) and a silver medal (K-4 1000 m: 2012).[1]
Kammerer also twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-2 1000 m: 2006, K-4 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1999), four silvers (K-2 500 m: 2009, K-2 1000 m: 2010, K-4 1000 m: 2001, 2003), and five bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2002, 2006, 2007; K-2 1000 m: 2007, K-4 500 m: 1999).
A member of the Győr club, he is 182 cm (6'0) tall and weighs 86 kg (190 lbs).
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Kammerer carried the Hungarian flag at the opening ceremonies. This was initially planned to be given to his fellow canoeist György Kolonics who had died a month before the Games.
In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Hungary in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's K-2 1000m with Tamas Szalai and K-4 1000m with Dávid Tóth, Tamás Kulifai, and Dániel Pauman. He earned gold medals in both areas.
Awards
- Masterly youth athlete: 1995
- Hungarian kayaker of the Year (3): 2000, 2006, 2010
- Honorary Citizen of Göd (2003)
- Honorary Citizen of Győr (2004)
- Orders and special awards
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2000)
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2004)
Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross with Star (2012)
References
- ^ "London 2012 - Men's K4 1000 m". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: BCU.org.uk.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zoltán Kammerer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
External links
- Canoe09.ca profile
- Kataca.hu profile (in Hungarian)
- Photo 1 of Kammerer
- Photo 2 of Kammerer
- Zoltán Kammerer at Olympedia
- Zoltán Kammerer at Olympics.com
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- 1976:
Joachim Mattern & Bernd Olbricht (GDR)
- 1980:
Vladimir Parfenovich & Sergei Chukhray (URS)
- 1984:
Ian Ferguson & Paul MacDonald (NZL)
- 1988:
Ian Ferguson & Paul MacDonald (NZL)
- 1992:
Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche (GER)
- 1996:
Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche (GER)
- 2000:
Zoltán Kammerer & Botond Storcz (HUN)
- 2004:
Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter (GER)
- 2008:
Saúl Craviotto & Carlos Pérez (ESP)
- 2012-2020: Not included in the Olympics
- 2024:
Jacob Schopf & Max Lemke (GER)
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