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Beata Mikołajczyk

Beata Mikołajczyk (Polish pronunciation: [bɛˈata mikɔˈwajt͡ʂɨk]; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish canoe sprinter. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, in two events for each games; she won one silver and two bronze medals and placed fourth two times.[1][3]

Beata Mikołajczyk
Mikołajczyk in 2008
Personal information
Born15 October 1985 (1985-10-15) (age 38)
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubUKS Kopernik[2][3]
Coached byWieslaw Rakowski (club)
Tomas Kryk (national)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 2
World Championships 1 2 3
European Championships 4 6 3
European Games 0 0 1
Total 5 9 9
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Duisburg K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Szeged K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Poznań K-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Račice K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Račice K1-500m
Silver medal – second place 2008 Milan K-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Račice K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Račice K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Plovdiv K-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Poznań K-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Trasona K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Plovdiv K-2 500 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku K-4 500 m

Career edit

Mikołajczyk took up canoeing in 1996 in her native Bydgoszcz.[2] She won the silver medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with Aneta Pastuszka-Konieczna. She won the bronze medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Karolina Naja. She also won a gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games for Poland in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Ewelina Wojnarowska, Edyta Dzieniszewska, and Karolina Naja. She earned a bronze medal.[2]

Awards edit

For her sport achievements, she received:

References edit

  1. ^ a b Beata Mikolajczyk Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f Beata Mikolajczyk Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beata Mikołajczyk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009.

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