Piotr Kuleta (born 27 June 1989 in Chrzanów) is a Polish sprint canoeist. 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 ...

, he competed in the Men's C-1 200 metres and the men's C-1 1000 m. He did not originally qualify for the Olympics, but was called up when Pawel Baraszkiewicz was injured. His uncle Tomasz Kuleta originally encouraged him to try canoeing, and then Adam Smyk, a neighbour who was also a canoe coach, encouraged him to join a canoeing club. In 2015, he was named athlete of the year for the Opolszczyzna region. In that year, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m at the World Championships alongside Marcin Grzybowski. In 2017, he was part of the Polish men's C-4 1000 m team that won the silver medal at the World Championships with Wiktor Glazunow, Tomasz Barniak and Marcin Grzybowski. That year, the team also won the European title in the event.

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Polish male canoeists 1989 births Living people Olympic canoeists for Poland Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Chrzanów Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub