György Kolonics, (June 4, 1972 - July 15, 2008), nicknamed Kolo was a Hungarian canoeist, who won two gold and two bronze medals on the Olympic Games. He also won a record of fifteen gold medals on World Championships.
Kolonics died on July 15, 2008 in Budapest due to a heart failure. He lost consciousness during training for his fifth Summer Olympics and the arriving paramedics could not help him.
Olympic medal record
Men's flatwater canoeing
Gold 1996 Atlanta C-2 500m
Gold 2000 Sydney C-1 500m
Bronze 1996 Atlanta C-2 1000m
Bronze 2004 Athens C-2 1000m
Re: Hungarian Olympic Champion Gyorgy Kolonics Dies During Pract
I hate to say this, but, his death remind me of deaths of professional wrestlers. They are supposed to be healthy. But they often die of old-age related causes such as heart failure. Before 40...