Sławomir Mordarski (born 4 January 1979 in

Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. It ha ...

) is a Polish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2006. He won three medals at the

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with a gold (C1 team:

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) and two bronzes (C2 team:

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). He also won a silver medal in the C2 team event at the 1996 European Championships in

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. Mordaski also competed in two

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, earning his best finish of sixth in the C2 event in Sydney in

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. His partner in the C2 boat for most of his active career was Andrzej Wójs (1995-2005). He was also partnered by

Marcin Pochwała Marcin Krzysztof Pochwała (born 14 February 1984) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2001. Career He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (Mixed C2: 2018), a silve ...

(2006). His older brother Ryszard is also an Olympic slalom canoeist.

World Cup individual podiums

References

* 1979 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Polish male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Poland Sportspeople from Nowy Sącz Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub