Katalin Kovacs

• Sport: Olympic Canoeing
• Nation: Hungary
• Discipline: Flatwater women's kayak (multiple events)
• Notes: Born Feb. 29, 1976. ... Has won a remarkable 28 medals - 21 of them golds - in the last 10 years at the World Championships. ... At the 2006 event in her native country, she won gold medals in six different two-person and four-person events, accompanied each time by her former teammate Natasa Janics. That year, she led Hungary to a sweep of gold medals in each of the nine women's flatwater kayak events. ... Also has won four Olympic medals, with her lone gold coming in the 500-meter two-person kayak race with Janics at the 2004 Athens Games. ... Won four more medals at the 2007 World Championships, including golds in the 1,000-meter and 500-meter solo kayak events. ... Was the two-time Hungarian sportswoman of the year in 2002 and 2003.