Elżbieta Urbańczyk Explained

Elżbieta Urbańczyk (born 26 April 1971 in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1988 to 2002. She won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m: 1994), three silvers (K-1 200 m: 2001, K-2 200 m: 1997, K-2 500 m: 1995), and three bronzes (K-1 200 m: 2002, K-2 200 m: 1994, K-2 1000 m: 1997).

Urbańczyk also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at Sydney in 2000.

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