Aneta Konieczna
Aneta Regina Konieczna (née Pastuszka, born 11 May 1978, in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, she won three medals in the K-2 500 m event with one silver (2008) and two bronzes (2000, 2004).[1]
Konieczna has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning sixteen medals. This includes two golds (K-2 500 m: 1999, K-4 1000 m: 2002), five silvers (K-2 200 m: 1999, 2001, 2002; K-2 500 m: 2001, K-4 500 m: 2005, and seven bronzes (K-1 500 m: 2003, K-2 200 m: 2003, K-4 200 m: 1999, 2001, 2003; K-4 500 m: 1999, 2007, 2010).
For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2004;
Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (4th Class) in 2008.
References
[edit]- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "Pkol.pl profile" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aneta Pastuszka-Konieczna". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Aneta Konieczna (Pastuszka) at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
- Aneta Pastuszka-Konieczna at Olympedia (archive)
- Aneta Pastuszka at Olympics.com
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Krosno Odrzańskie
- Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for Poland
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Polish female canoeists
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics