Daniel Jędraszko (born April 6, 1976 in Szczecin) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been world champion four times in the canoe double (C2) event with partner Paweł Baraszkiewicz.

Daniel Jędraszko
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 4 4 2
European Championships 4 2 3
European Games 0 0 0
Total 8 6 5
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney C-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Milan C-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2001 Poznań C-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Gainesville C-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2003 Gainesville C-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1997 Dartmouth C-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 Szeged C-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1999 Milan C-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Poznań C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Dartmouth C-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville C-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Plovdiv C2-500 m
Gold medal – first place 1999 Zagreb C2-200 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 Poznań C2-200 m
Gold medal – first place 2000 Poznań C2-500 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Milan C2-200 m
Silver medal – second place 2004 Poznań C2-500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Plovdiv C4-1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Milan C4-200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Poznań C2-200m

They also won a C-2 500 m silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The same year Jędraszko won his only European title to date (again in the C-2 500 m). However at the 2004 Athens games they underperformed and came away without a medal.

Injuries prevented him from competing in 2005 but in 2006 he formed a new C-2 partnership with Roman Rynkiewicz. They finished fifth at the world championships in Szeged, Hungary. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, they finished ninth in the C-2 500 m event. Jędraszko has a total of ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.

Jędraszko is a member of the Posnania Poznań club. He is 192 cm (6'4") tall and weighs 93 kg (205 lb).

For hts sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2007.

References edit

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Jędraszko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.