Zoltán Kammerer

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Zoltán Kammerer

Kammerer (first R to L) in 2013
Personal information
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)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Gödi SE (–1993) Újpesti TE (1994–1996) Győri VSE (1997–)
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Hungary Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 1 0 World Championships 3 6 6 European Championships 7 7 2 European Games 2 0 0 Total 15 14 8 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney K-2 500 m 2000 Sydney K-4 1000 m 2004 Athens K-4 1000 m 2012 London K-4 1000 m World Championships 1997 Dartmouth K-4 500 m 1999 Milan K-4 1000 m 2006 Szeged K-2 1000 m 2001 Poznań K-4 1000 m 2003 Gainesville K-4 1000 m 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 2010 Poznań K-2 1000 m 2015 Milan K-4 1000 m 2017 Račice K-4 1000 m 1999 Milan K-4 500 m 2002 Seville K-2 500 m 2006 Szeged K-2 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m 2007 Duisburg K-2 1000 m 2014 Moscow K-4 1000 m European Championships 2004 Poznań K-4 1000 m 2006 Račice K-2 1000 m 2007 Pontevedra K-2 1000 m 1999 Zagreb K-2 500 m 1999 Zagreb K-2 1000 m 2000 Poznań K-4 1000 m 2008 Milan K-4 500 m 2009 Brandenburg K-2 500 m 2010 Trasona K-2 1000 m 2006 Račice K-2 500 m 2005 Poznań K-2 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 1000 m

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.

• 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)

• 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.

• 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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