Marcin Kobierski (born April 13, 1977) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. He won two gold medals in the C-2 1000 m event at the

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, earning them in

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and

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. Kobierski also competed in the C-2 500 m event at the

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, but was eliminated in the semifinal round.

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