Daniel Jędraszko (born April 6, 1976, in

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

) is a Polish

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who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been

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four times in the canoe double (C2) event with partner

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. They also won a C-2 500 m silver medal at the

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. The same year Jędraszko won his only European title to date (again in the C-2 500 m). However at the 2004 Athens games they underperformed and came away without a medal. Injuries prevented him from competing in 2005 but in 2006 he formed a new C-2 partnership with

Roman Rynkiewicz Roman Rynkiewicz (born November 17, 1981) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, including a gold (C-4 1000 m: 2002) and two bronzes (C-1 ...

. They finished fifth at the

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. At the

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, they finished ninth in the C-2 500 m event. Jędraszko has a total of ten medals at the

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. Jędraszko is a member of the Posnania Poznań club. He is tall and weighs . For hts sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the

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(5th Class) in 2007.

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