Beata Mikołajczyk

Beata Mikołajczyk

Mikołajczyk in 2008
Personal information
Born 15 October 1985 (1985-10-15) (age 31)
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Canoe sprint
Club UKS Kopernik[2][3]
Coached by Wieslaw 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
2008 Beijing K-2 500 m
2012 London K-2 500 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m
World Championships
2009 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m
2013 Duisburg K-2 200 m
2014 Moscow K-4 500 m
2011 Szeged K-2 500 m
2013 Duisburg K-2 500 m
2014 Moscow K-2 500 m
European Championships
2005 Poznań K-4 1000 m
2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m
2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m
2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 1000 m
2006 Račice K1-500m
2008 Milan K-4 1000 m
2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m
2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m
2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m
2015 Račice K-2 1000 m
2005 Poznań K4-1000 m
2010 Trasona K4-500 m
2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m
European Games
2015 Baku K-4 500 m

Beata Mikołajczyk (Polish pronunciation: [bɛˈata mikɔˈwajt͡ʂɨk]; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish sprint canoer. 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]

Career

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

For her sport achievements, she received:

References

  1. 1 2 Beata Mikolajczyk. rio2016.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Beata Mikolajczyk. nbcolympics.com
  3. 1 2 Beata Mikołajczyk. sports-reference.com

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