| René Kolonko | |
| Fullname: | René Kolonko |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke |
| Club: | SC Riesa |
| Coach: | Uwe Neumann |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Leipzig, East Germany |
| Height: | 20NaN0 |
| Weight: | 870NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
René Kolonko (born 18 August 1981) is a German former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He is a member of the swimming team for SC Riesa an der Elbe in Riesa, and is coached and trained by Uwe Neumann.[2]
Kolonko represented Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke.[3] He had just barely advanced into the semifinals, after securing the sixteenth spot from the morning's preliminary heats, clocking at 1:02.09. Kolonko failed to advance into the final, but lowered his Olympic entry time (1:01.88) by six hundredths of a second (0.06), finishing his semifinal run with a time of 1:01.82.[4]