Karolina Elżbieta Naja (Polish pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1990) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the

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, she won a bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and silver medal in Women's K-2 500 metres.

Career

She took up canoeing in her home town of Tychy in 2001. Naja and the Polish K-4 500 m team won the bronze medal at the

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. At the

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Naja and Magdalena Krukowska won the silver medal in the K-2 200 m. The Polish team Naja was a member of also won bronze in the K1 4 × 200m relay. She won the bronze medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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with

Beata Mikołajczyk Beata Mikołajczyk (Polish pronunciation: ; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish sprint canoer. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, in two events for each games; she won one silver and two bronze medals and placed fourth two times. ...

. The women's K-4 500 m team Naja was part of finished in 4th place in London. At that year's European Championships Naja and Mikołajczyk won gold in the K-2 1000 m and bronze in the K-2 500 m. Naja and Mikołajczyk won a silver medal in the K-2 200 m event at the

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, along with a bronze in the K-2 500 m. The Polish team Naja was a member of also won silver in the K1 4 × 200m relay. At the European Championships that year, Naja and Mikołajczyk won the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m. Naja won the silver medal in the K-2 200 m with Magdalena Krukowska. At the

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, she won a silver medal in the women's K-4 500 m team, with Mikołajczyk, Marta Walczykiewicz and

Edyta Dzieniszewska Edyta Dzieniszewska-Kierkla (Polish pronunciation: ; born 5 May 1986, in Augustów) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished fourth in the K-4 500 m eve ...

, and a bronze with Mikołajczyk in the K-2 500 m. The Polish team Naja was a member of also won the K1 4 × 200m relay. Naja and Mikołajczyk won silver in the K-2 500 m and were part of the Polish K-4 500 m team that won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships. In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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, more specifically, the women's K-4 500m with Ewelina Wojnarowska, Edyta Dzieniszewska, and Beata Mikołajczyk. She earned a bronze medal. That year Naja and Mikołajczyk won the gold medal in the K-2 500 m and silver medals in the K-2 200 m in the K-2 1000 m at the European Championships. At the

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, Naja again won bronze with Mikołajczyk in the K-2 500 m event. This time, the K-4 500 m team Naja was part of finished in 9th.

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