Daniel Jędraszko

Daniel Jędraszko (born April 6, 1976 in Szczecin) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. He has been world champion four times in the Canadian canoe C-2 event with partner Paweł Baraszkiewicz.

Daniel Jędraszko
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 4 4 2
European Championships 4 2 3
European Games 0 0 0
Total 8 6 5
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyC-2 500 m
World Championships
1999 MilanC-2 500 m
2001 PoznańC-2 200 m
2003 GainesvilleC-2 200 m
2003 GainesvilleC-2 500 m
1997 DartmouthC-2 500 m
1998 SzegedC-2 500 m
1999 MilanC-2 200 m
2001 PoznańC-2 500 m
1997 DartmouthC-4 1000 m
2002 SevilleC-4 500 m
European Championships
1997 PlovdivC2-500 m
1999 ZagrebC2-200 m
2000 PoznańC2-200 m
2000 PoznańC2-500 m
2001 Milan C2-200 m
2004 Poznań C2-500 m
1997 PlovdivC4-1000 m
2001 Milan C4-200 m
2004 Poznań C2-200m

They also won a C-2 500 m silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The same year Jędraszko won his only European title to date (again in the C-2 500 m). However at the 2004 Athens games they underperformed and came away without a medal.

Injuries prevented him from competing in 2005 but in 2006 he formed a new C-2 partnership with Roman Rynkiewicz. They finished fifth at the world championships in Szeged, Hungary. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, they finished ninth in the C-2 500 m event. Jędraszko has a total of ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.

Jędraszko is a member of the Posnania Poznań club. He is 192 cm (6'4") tall and weighs 93 kg (205 lb).

For hts sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2007.

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • 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)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Jędraszko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.


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