Michal Smolen (born Michał Smoleń, September 13 1993) is a Polish-American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008 for the

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. He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in

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. Smolen participated at two Olympic Games. He finished 12th in the K1 event at the

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. He qualified to represent the United States again at the delayed

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, where he finished 5th in the K1 event. Smolen's first major victory came at the 2014 Under 23 World Championship in Penrith where he won gold in the K1 event. His father Rafał represented Poland in canoe slalom and his mother Agnieszka was a Polish national team handball player.

World Cup individual podiums

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Michal SMOLEN
at CanoeSlalom.net * 1993 births American male canoeists Polish male canoeists Living people American people of Polish descent Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Sportspeople from Kraków Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{US-canoe-bio-stub