Elżbieta Urbańczyk

Elżbieta Urbańczyk
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Representing  Poland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1995 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1997 Dartmouth K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Poznań K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Mexico City K-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville K-1 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Plovdiv K2-500 m
Gold medal – first place 1997 Plovdiv K2-1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Milan K1-200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Zagreb K1-500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Zagreb K1-1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Poznań K2-200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Poznań K1-500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Szeged K1-200 m

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.

References

  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010). Additional archives: 13 January 2016.
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elżbieta Urbańczyk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.