Marta Anna Walczykiewicz (
Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 August 1987) is a Polish
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who has competed since the late 2000s. She won eleven medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one gold (K-1 4 x 200 m:
2014
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), eight silvers (K-1 200 m:
2009
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,
2011
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,
2013
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, 2014,
2015
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; K-2 200 m:
2010
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, K-1 200 m relay: 2013, K-4 500 m: 2014) and a bronze (K-2 200 m:
2007
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).
Career
At the
2015 European Games
The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...
Walczykiewicz won Poland's first gold medal in the K-1 200 m event. In June 2015, she competed in the
inaugural European Games, for
Poland in
canoe sprint, and won a gold medal in the K-1 200m.
She competed for Poland at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in the
women's K-1 200 metres and the
women's K-4 500 metres. She won the silver medal in the women's K-1 200 m event. Her team in the women's K-4 500 m event finished in 9th place. Walczykiewicz was the flag bearer for Poland during the closing ceremony.
She also competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
.
References
External links
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Canoe09.ca profile*
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1987 births
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Poland
Polish female canoeists
Sportspeople from Kalisz
European Games medalists in canoeing
European Games gold medalists for Poland
Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
Olympic silver medalists for Poland
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for Poland
Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
20th-century Polish women
21st-century Polish sportswomen
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