Marcin Krzysztof Pochwała (born 14 February 1984) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2001.

Career

He won three medals at the

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with a gold (Mixed C2:

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), a silver (Mixed C2:

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) and a bronze (C2 team:

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). He also won seven silvers and two bronzes at the

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. Competing in four

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in the C2 event, he earned his best finish of fifth in

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and again in

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(both with

Piotr Szczepański Piotr Szczepański (born 31 July 1988 in Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004. He has competed in C1 and C2. His partner in the C2 boat since 2009 has been Marcin Pochwał ...

). He was 8th in

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and 10th in

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(both with Paweł Sarna). He has changed C2 partners several times during his career. He's had most success competing alongside Paweł Sarna (2001–2008) and

(since 2009). He was also partnered occasionally by Jarosław Miczek (2005) and

Sławomir Mordarski Sławomir Mordarski (born 4 January 1979 in Nowy Sącz) is a Polish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1994 to 2006. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (C1 team: 1999) and two br ...

(2006). His partner in the mixed C2 boat is Aleksandra Stach. Ski jumper Tomasz Pochwała is his cousin.

World Cup individual podiums

References

External links

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Marcin Pochwała
at CanoeSlalom.net 1984 births Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Poland Polish male canoeists Canoeists from Nowy Sącz Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub