Dorota Kuczkowska (born 21 July 1979 in Warsaw) is a Polish

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who has competed since the early 2000s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-4 1000 m:

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) and two bronzes (K-2 200 m:

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, K-4 200 m: 2001). Kuczkowska also finished fourth in the K-4 500 m event at the

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in Beijing.

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* * * 1979 births Living people Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Poland Polish female canoeists Sportspeople from Warsaw ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub