Katarzyna Zillmann (born 26 July 1995) is a Polish

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. She won the gold medal in the

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at the

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as well as silver medal at the

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Life and career

She was born in 1995 in

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and started practicing rowing at the age of 14. In 2017, she claimed 4th place in the women's quadruple sculls at the

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and silver medal at the

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(together with Agnieszka Kobus, Marta Wieliczko and Maria Springwald). In 2018, she won gold medals at the

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as well as the

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. In 2019, she won silver medal in the women's quadruple sculls at the

2019 World Rowing Championships The 2019 World Rowing Championships were held in Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August to 1 September 2019. Apart from Ottensheim, the right to host the championships was contested by Hamburg in Germany, Račice in the Czech Republic, and Varese ...

. In 2021, she won silver medal in women's quadruple sculls at the

(together with Agnieszka Kobus, Marta Wieliczko and Maria Sajdak). In August 2021, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the

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Personal life

Zillmann was one of 168

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sportspeople participating at the

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. In 2019, she took part in the "Sport Against Homophobia" social campaign. She is in a relationship with canoeist Julia Walczak. On 21 October 2021, she received the title of Ambassador of

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at the LGBT+ Diamond Awards ceremony.

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* 1995 births Living people Polish female rowers Polish LGBT sportspeople World Rowing Championships medalists for Poland Olympic rowers of Poland Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing LGBT rowers {{Poland-rowing-bio-stub

Life and career

Personal life

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