Dariusz Białkowski (born 16 July 1970 in
Białogard
Białogard (; ; Pomeranian language, Pomeranian: ''Biôłogard'') is a historic town in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 23,614 inhabitants as of December 2021. The capital of Białogard County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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) is a Polish
sprint canoeist
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who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in three
Summer Olympics
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, he won two bronze medals. Kotowicz won them in the K-2 1000 m in
1992
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Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
and in the K-4 1000 m in
2000
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. He represent club
Astoria Bydgoszcz.
Białkowski also won four bronze medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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, earning them in the K-2 1000 m (
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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,
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
), K-4 500 m (1995), and K-4 1000 m (1995) events.
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1970 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Astoria Bydgoszcz sportspeople
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Poland
Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Polish male canoeists
Olympic medalists in canoeing
People from Białogard
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Canoeists from West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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