Marta Anna Walczykiewicz (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 August 1987) is a Polish

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who has competed since the late 2000s. She won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one gold (K-1 4 x 200 m:

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), eight silvers (K-1 200 m:

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, 2014,

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; K-2 200 m:

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, K-1 200 m relay: 2013, K-4 500 m: 2014) and a bronze (K-2 200 m:

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Career

At the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

Walczykiewicz won Poland's first gold medal in the K-1 200 m event. In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Poland in canoe sprint, and won a gold medal in the K-1 200m. She competed for Poland 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 ...

in the women's K-1 200 metres and the women's K-4 500 metres. She won the silver medal in the women's K-1 200 m event. Her team in the women's K-4 500 m event finished in 9th place. Walczykiewicz was the flag bearer for Poland during the closing ceremony. She also competed 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 ...

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