Great Olympians

Biographies - KOZ


Kozák Danuta

B. 1987-01-11, Budapest, Hungary
Canoeing, Kayak (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
2008 2012 2016 2021 HP
Women's Singles, 500 m gold gold fourth 21600
Women's Doubles, 500 m gold bronze 6720
Women's Fours, 500 m silver gold gold gold 23200
51520


Dorothy Elsie Kozak

B. 1932-04-17, Calgary, Alb., Canada; D. 2009-06-14
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)
1956 HP
Women's 4x100 metres Relay R1:5th 40
Women's Long Jump QU:17th 6
46


Jan Kozák

B. 1929-07-05, Brno, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2016-10-03
Basketball
1948 1952 HP
Men's Team 7th R1:3rd 245.5
245.5


Václav Kozák

B. 1937-04-14, Vrbno nad Lesy, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2004-03-15
Rowing (1 gold)
1960 1964 1968 HP
Men's Single Sculls 12th 9th 300
Men's Double Sculls gold 8000
8300


Waldemar Kozak

B. 1948-05-17, Lublin, Poland
Basketball
1972 HP
Men's Team 10th 50
50


Walter Kozak

B. 1931, represented Canada
Boxing
1956 HP
Men's Welterweight (-67 kg) R2 79.13
79.13


Kozaka Katsundo

represented Japan
Art Competitions
1932 HP
Painting ac 2.186
2.186


Władysław Kozakiewicz

B. 1953-12-08, Šalčininkai, Lithuania, represented Poland
Athletics - Track and Field (1 gold)
1976 1980 HP
Men's Pole Vault 11th gold 9696
9696

Born to a Polish family living near Vilnius, then in the Soviet Union, he competed for Poland, settled in West Germany after his career and returned to Lithuania after the fall of communism.


Olha Ihorivna Kozakova

B. 1951-03-14, Odesa, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Volleyball (1 silver)
1976 HP
Women's Team silver 2000
2000


Ahmet Tuna Kozan

B. 1943, Sivice, Turkey
Football
1960 HP
Men's Team R1:3rd 45.5
45.5


Konstantinos Kozanitas

B. 1880, from Patras, Greece; D. 1954
Gymnastics (1 bronze)
1906 HP
Rope Climbing bronze 1920
1920

Olympic Competitor nr 2964


Andrej Koželj

B. 1955-11-27, Maribor, Slovenia, represented Yugoslavia
Alpine Skiing
1976 HP
Men's Downhill 37th -3.40
Men's Giant Slalom 35th -2.10
Men's Slalom 31st -2.64
0.0078


Jan Koželuh

B. 1904-01-29, Praha, Czechia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 1979-06-04
Tennis
1924 HP
Men's Singles R3 0.85
Men's Doubles R3 39.56
40.41


Klavdija Koženkova

B. 1949-03-22, Zarasai, Lithuania, represented the Soviet Union
Rowing (1 silver)
1976 HP
Women's Eights silver 2000
2000


Stanisław Józef Kozera

B. 1943-01-27, Trzebnica, Poland
Rowing
1964 HP
Men's Coxed Pairs sixth 800
800


Aleksandr Viktorovich Kozhevnikov

B. 1958-09-21, Penza, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Ice Hockey (2 gold)
1984 1988 HP
Men's Team gold gold 6400
6400


Kirill Kozhevnikov

B. 1926, represented the Soviet Union
Sailing
1952 HP
6 metres class 11th 32
32


Pyotr Kozhevnikov

B. 1927, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field
1952 HP
Men's Decathlon dnf 0.0384
0.0384


Marian Kozicki

B. 1941-04-05, Brody, Poland
Equestrianism - Jumping (1 silver)
1968 1972 1976 1980 HP
Jumping, Individual 35th 21st 8th 320.80125
Jumping, Team 12th silver 1010
1330.80125


Oľga Kozičová

B. 1951-06-25, Bratislava, Slovakia, represented Czechoslovakia; D. 2016-01-26
Aquatics - Swimming
1968 HP
Women's 100 metres Freestyle SF:11th 64
Women's 200 metres Freestyle 8th 256
320


Lech Koziejowski

B. 1949-04-03, Warszawa, Poland
Fencing (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1972 1976 1980 HP
Men's Foil, Individual SF:6th SF:5th fifth 1317.873
Men's Foil, Team gold fifth bronze 3112.5
4430.373


Andrzej Leonard Kozik

B. 1953-12-20, Leśna, Poland
Luge
1976 HP
Doubles 12th 50
50


Josef Kozlík

B. 1883, represented Czechoslovakia
Shooting
1924 HP
Men's Free Rifle, team 14th 4
4


Aleksandar Kozlina

B. 1938-12-20, Donji Skrad, Croatia, represented Yugoslavia; D. 2013-04-10
Football (1 gold)
1960 HP
Men's Team (gold) 2000
2000


Boris Kozlov

B. 1950-11-18, represented the Soviet Union
Diving
1976 HP
Men's Springboard QU:11th 64
64


Vladimir Kozlov

B. 1959-08-01, Oskemen, Kazakhstan, represented the Soviet Union
Speed Skating
1984 HP
Men's 500 metres sixth 640
640


Vladimir Yevgenyevich Kozlov

B. 1958-03-07, Dymytrov, Donetsk, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Bobsleigh (1 gold, 1 bronze)
1988 HP
Men's Two gold 8000
Men's Four bronze 1920
9920

Born in what is now Russian-occupied Eastern Ukraine, he competed from Moskva and worked as vice-president of the Mosvow region Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. I shall class him as Russian.


Todor Gavrilov Kozlovski

B. 1933-06-28, Sofia, Bulgaria
Shooting
1960 1964 HP
Men's Free Pistol 25th 23rd 0.534
0.534


Marian Kozłowski

B. 1915-06-06, Poznań, Poland, then part of Germany; D. 1943
Canoeing - Kayak Flatwater
1936 HP
Men's Kayak Doubles 10000m 11th 48
48


Rudolf Józef Kozłowski

B. 1935-07-15, Zabrze, Poland
Weightlifting
1964 HP
Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) 7th 600
600


Bogusława Kozłowska

competed in 1980 as

Bogusława Kozłowska-Tomasiak

B. 1952-10-11, Poznań, Poland
Rowing
1976 1980 HP
Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls fifth 950
Women's Eights 7th
950


Andrea Kozma

B. 1962-10-08, Wien, Austria
Hockey
1980 HP
Women's Team fifth 500
500


Kozma István

B. 1939-11-27, Budapest, Hungary; D. 1970-04-09 in a car crash
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (2 gold)
1960 1964 1968 HP
Men's Heavyweight (+87 kg) fourth 32400
Men's Heavyweight (+97 kg) gold gold
32400


Kozma József

B. 1925-03-24, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary; D. 1994-10-25
Basketball
1948 HP
Men's Team 16th 3.2
3.2


Kozma László

B. 1903-05-01, from Budapest, represented Hungary
Rowing
1936 HP
Men's Single Sculls Rep:4th 3.435
3.435


Louis Kozma

B. 1938-03-01, represented Belgium
Aquatics - Swimming
1956 HP
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke QU:4th 60
60


Kozma Mihály

B. 1949-11-01, Tápé, Hungary
Football (1 silver)
1972 HP
Men's Team silver 2000
2000


Kozma Péter

B. 1961-05-16, Solothurn, Switzerland, represented Hungary
Alpine Skiing
1984 HP
Men's Giant Slalom dnf -17.26
Men's Slalom 18th 2.56
2.56


Primož Kozmus

B. 1979-09-30, Novo Mesto, then Yugoslavia, Slovenia
Athletics (1 gold)
2000 2004 2008 2012 HP
Hammer Throw 38th sixth
fifth
gold silver 21375.000475
21375.000475

In 2012, a disqualification saw him move up a place in 2004, although this was not made official. I do credit him with points for fifth place, though.


Alexandru Kozovits

B. 1899-09-03, Timisoara, Romania, then part of Hungary
Football
1924 HP
Men's Football R2 26.38
26.38


Kozu Kozin

represented Japan
Art Competitions
1932 HP
Painting ac 2.186
2.186


Kozuka Tsuguhiko

B. 1946-11-06, Nagoya, Japan
Figure Skating
1968 HP
Men's Singles 21st 0.96
0.96


Valentyna Vasylivna Kozyr

B. 1950-04-25, Chernivtsi, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics (1 bronze)
1968 HP
Women's High Jump bronze 3840
3840


Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva

B. 1956-12-12, Krasnozavodsk, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Volleyball (1 gold)
1980 HP
Women's Team gold 3200
3200


Lyubov Vladimirovna Kozyreva-Baranova

B. 1929-08-27, Bugry, Leningrad, now St.-Petersburg, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Cross-Country Skiing (1 gold, 3 silver)
1956 1960 HP
10 km gold silver 13000
3x5 km Relay silver silver 2000
15000


Written 2000-11-29 - last modified 2024-09-10

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