Botond Storcz (born 30 January 1975) is a retired Hungarian

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. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won three gold medals (K-2 500 m:

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, K-4 1000 m: 2000,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

). He also won eleven medals at the

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with four golds (K-1 500 m:

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, K-1 1000 m: 1997, K-4 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m:

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), five silvers (K-2 500 m: 1999, K-4 500 m:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, K-4 1000 m: 1997, 1998,

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

), and two bronzes (K-2 500 m:

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, K-4 500 m: 1999). Storcz was named Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1997 for winning three gold medals at that year's

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. He worked as a canoeing coach at the Hungarian University of Physical Education. Since 2009 he is the head coach of the Hungarian National Kayak Canoe Team.

Awards

* Hungarian kayaker of the Year (2): 1997, 2000 * Hungarian Sportman of the Year (1) - votes of sports journalists: 1997 * Hungarian President of the Year (2) - votes of sports journalists: 2011, 2014 ;Orders and special awards * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the O ...

– Officer's Cross (2000) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 3class BAR

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2004) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 2class BAR

Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross with Star (2012)

References

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External links

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