Michal Smolen

Michal Smolen (born 13 September 1993 in Kraków, Poland)[1] is an American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.

Michal Smolen

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  United States
World Championships
2015 LondonK1
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoK1
U23 World Championships
2014 PenrithK1

He won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London.[2] Smolen finished 12th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

Smolen's first major victory came at the 2014 Under 23 World Championship in Penrith where he won gold in the K1 event.

His father Rafał represented Poland in canoe slalom and his mother Agnieszka was a Polish national team handball player.[4]

World Cup individual podiums

Season Date Venue Position Event
201421 Jun 2014Prague3rdK1
20172 Sep 2017Ivrea2ndK1
20181 Jul 2018Kraków3rdExtreme K1

References

  1. "Profile at Team USA". Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  2. "Michal SMOLEN (USA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  3. "Michal Smolen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. "Michal Smolen (USA)". CanoeICF.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.


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