Daniel Jędraszko (born April 6, 1976 in

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been

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four times in the

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C-2 event with partner

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. They also won a C-2 500 m silver medal at the

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. The same year Jędraszko won his only European title to date (again in the C-2 500 m). However at the

2004 Athens games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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

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. At the

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, they finished ninth in the C-2 500 m event. Jędraszko has a total of ten medals at the

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. Jędraszko is a member of the

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club. He is 192 cm (6'4") tall and weighs 93 kg (205 lb). For hts sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the

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(5th Class) in 2007.

References

* * * 1976 births Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Sportspeople from Szczecin Polish male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub