Joanna Leszczyńska (; born 18 December 1988 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

) is a Polish rower. 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 ...

, she competed in the

women's quadruple sculls A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. Rac ...

. She won bronze medal in quadruple sculls 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 ...

, with Maria Springwald,

Agnieszka Kobus Agnieszka Kobus-Zawojska (Polish pronunciation: ; born 28 August 1990) is a Polish national representative rower, an Olympian and a world champion. She is the reigning world champion in the women's quad scull winning her title at the 2018 World ...

and

Monika Ciaciuch Monika Chabel (; born 10 May 1992) is a Polish representative rower. She is a dual Olympian and an Olympic medalist. Personal Ciaciuch was born in the small village of Ślesin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship which has a population of about 150 ...

. That was also the team that won silver at the 2016 European Championships and bronze at the 2015 European Championships on home water in Poznan. Leszczyńska had previously won bronze in the women's quadruple sculls at the 2013 World Championships with

Sylwia Lewandowska Sylwia Lewandowska (born 4 January 1991 in Toruń) is a Polish rower. She is a World and Olympic medallist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's quadruple sculls. Career Lewandowska was part of the Polish quadru ...

, Magdalena Fularczyk and

Natalia Madaj Natalia Madaj (Polish pronunciation: ; born 25 January 1988) is a Polish rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 8th in the women's quadruple sculls. At 2016 Summer Olympics Madaj won her first gold medal in women's double sculls, compe ...

. She had previously won European silver in

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in the quadruple sculls with Kamila Socko, Sylwia Lewandowska and Natalia Madaj.

References

Polish female rowers 1988 births Living people Olympic rowers of Poland Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers from Warsaw Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Poland European Rowing Championships medalists {{Poland-rowing-bio-stub

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