Beata Mikołajczyk (Polish pronunciation: ; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish

canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

er. 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.

Career

Mikołajczyk took up canoeing in 1996 in her native Bydgoszcz. She won the silver medal in K-2 500 m event at the

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with Aneta Pastuszka-Konieczna. She won the bronze medal in K-2 500 m event at the

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with Karolina Naja. She also won a gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the

2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The competition was organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). The Canadian city was selected to host the ...

in Dartmouth. In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games for

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, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Ewelina Wojnarowska,

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

, and Karolina Naja. She earned a bronze medal.

Awards

For her sport achievements, she received: * Golden Cross of Merit in 2008. * Knight's Cross

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in 2013.

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* * * * * 1985 births Living people Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz Polish female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta Olympic bronze medalists for Poland ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Poland 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub