Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza

Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (born 10 January 1974 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-2 500 m event (2000, 2004).

Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 2
World Championships 1 4 5
European Championships 5 1 2
European Games 0 0 0
Total 6 5 8
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensK-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 MilanK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1999 MilanK-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańK-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2005 ZagrebK-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place1999 MilanK-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place1999 MilanK-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 GainesvilleK-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 GainesvilleK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 GainesvilleK-4 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 ZagrebK2-200 m
Gold medal – first place1999 ZagrebK2-250 m
Gold medal – first place1999 ZagrebK2-1000 m
Gold medal – first place2000 PoznańK2-200 m
Gold medal – first place2000 PoznańK2-500 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Milan K2-1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2000 PoznańK2-1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Milan K2-200 m

Sokołowska-Kulesza has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning ten medals. This includes a gold (K-2 500 m: 1999), four silvers (K-2 200 m: 1999, 2001; K-2 500 m: 2001, K-4 200 m: 2005), and five bronzes (K-2 200 m: 2003, K-2 500 m: 2003, K-4 200 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 1999, 2003).

For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2004.

References
  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Pkol.pl profile (in Polish)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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