Beata Mikołajczyk

Beata Mikołajczyk (Polish pronunciation: [bɛˈata mikɔˈwajt͡ʂɨk]; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish canoe sprinter. 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.^[1][3]

Beata Mikołajczyk

Mikołajczyk in 2008
Personal information
Born	15 October 1985 (1985-10-15) (age 39) Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	UKS Kopernik[2][3]
Coached by	Wieslaw Rakowski (club) Tomas Kryk (national)[2]
Medal record Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 2 World Championships 1 2 3 European Championships 4 6 3 European Games 0 0 1 Total 5 9 9 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing K-2 500 m 2012 London K-2 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m World Championships 2009 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 200 m 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m 2011 Szeged K-2 500 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m European Championships 2005 Poznań K-4 1000 m 2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 1000 m 2015 Račice K-2 500 m 2006 Račice K1-500m 2008 Milan K-4 1000 m 2011 Belgrade K-2 500 m 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m 2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m 2015 Račice K-2 200 m 2015 Račice K-2 1000 m 2017 Plovdiv K-1 1000 m 2017 Plovdiv K-4 500 m 2005 Poznań K-4 1000 m 2010 Trasona K-4 500 m 2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m 2017 Plovdiv K-2 500 m European Games 2015 Baku K-4 500 m

Career

Mikołajczyk took up canoeing in 1996 in her native Bydgoszcz.^[2] She won the silver medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with Aneta Pastuszka-Konieczna. She won the bronze medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Karolina Naja. She also won a gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games for Poland in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Ewelina Wojnarowska, Edyta Dzieniszewska, and Karolina Naja. She earned a bronze medal.^[2]

Awards

For her sport achievements, she received:

• Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.^[2]
• Knight's Cross Order of Polonia Restituta in 2013.^[2]