Klaudia Zwolińska Explained

Klaudia Zwolińska
Nationality:Polish
Birth Date:18 December 1998
Birth Place:Nowy Sącz, Poland
Country:Poland
Sport:Canoe slalom
Event:K1, C1, Kayak cross
Club:KS Start Nowy Sącz[1]
Coach:Piotr Kożuch
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Klaudia Zwolińska (born 18 December 1998) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2013.[2] She won the silver medal in the K1 event in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Zwolińska won two bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, one in the K1 event (2023) and one in the K1 team event (2022). She also won 6 medals (1 gold, 4 silvers and 1 bronze) at the European Championships, including two individual silvers at the 2023 European Games in Kraków. Zwolińska also won the K1 event at the 2015 and 2016 Junior European Championships and the 2016 Junior World Championships.

She became the first ever polish woman to win a Canoe Slalom World Cup, winning the opening round of the 2021 season.[3]

Zwolińska competed at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in the Head-to-Head Sprint and Obstacle Slalom events, where she finished 17th and 7th, respectively.[4] She represented Poland in the K1 Event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5] Klaudia qualified 10th fastest for the final and finished in 5th place after incurring two 2-second penalties.[6] [7]

In addition to her accomplishments, Klaudia Zwolińska secured a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, further solidifying her status as a prominent figure in slalom canoeing.[8]

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
2021 12 June 2021 bgcolor=gold1st K1
2022 12 June 2022 bgcolor=silver2nd Kayak cross
2023 6 October 2023 3rd K1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nowosądeczanka Klaudia Zwolińska wicemistrzynią świata . sadeczanin.info . 21 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Klaudia ZWOLINSKA (POL) . CanoeSlalom.net . 21 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Niebywały sukces Polek, czegoś takiego jeszcze nie było . onet.pl . 21 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Klaudia Zwolińska . olympedia.org . 21 June 2021.
  5. Web site: ZWOLINKSA Klaudia. 8 August 2021. Olympics.
  6. Web site: Results (Tokyo Semi-final). 8 August 2021. Olympics. ja. 27 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210727132959/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSL/OG2020-_CSL_C73A_CSLWK1----------------SFNL000100--.pdf. dead.
  7. Web site: Results (Tokyo Final). 8 August 2021. Olympics. ja. 28 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728002722/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSL/OG2020-_CSL_C74_CSLWK1----------------------------.pdf. dead.
  8. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals