Maria Kazanecka
Encyclopedia
Maria Jolanta Kazanecka-Górecka (born August 29, 1955 in Poznań
) is a Polish
sprint canoer
who competed in the mid 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
in Belgrade
.
Kazanecka also finished sixth in the K-2 500 m
event at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
.
Her husband, Kazimierz
(1954–77), also competed as a sprint canoer in the 1970s.
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
) is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....
who competed in the mid 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the second time, having hosted them in 1971. This also equaled the most times a city had done so with Copenhagen, Denmark ....
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
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Kazanecka also finished sixth in the K-2 500 m
Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Women's K-2 500 metres
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.-Medalists:-Heats:The 14 crews first raced in two heats on July 28...
event at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
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Her husband, Kazimierz
Kazimierz Górecki
Kazimierz Górecki was a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won two bronze medals at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mexico City, earning them in the K-1 4 x 500 m and K-4 10000 m events..Górecki also finished fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer...
(1954–77), also competed as a sprint canoer in the 1970s.