Marta Walczykiewicz

Marta Walczykiewicz
Personal information
Born (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987
Kalisz, Poland

Marta Walczykiewicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarta valt͡ʂɨˈkjɛvit͡ʂ]; born 1 August 1987) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (K-1 200 m: 2009, K-2 200 m: 2010) and a bronze (K-2 200 m: 2007). At the 2015 European Games Walczykiewicz won Poland's first gold medal in the K-1 200 m event.[1] In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Poland in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-1 200m. She earned a gold medal.

She competed for Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics 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.[2] Her team in the women's K-4 500 m event finished in 9th place.[3] Walczykiewicz was the flag bearer for Poland during the closing ceremony.[4]

References

  1. "Walczykiewicz wins Poland's first gold in Baku". Radio Poland. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  4. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.


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