Mariusz Wieczorek
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Mariusz Wieczorek is a Polish
slalom canoer
who has competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
in La Seu d'Urgell
.
Wieczorek also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of 11th in the C-1
event at Atlanta in 1996
.
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...
slalom canoer
Slalom canoeing
Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
who has competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. He won a gold medal in the C-1 team event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1999 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. A record eleven nations won medals at these championships.-Canoe:-Kayak:-Kayak:-Medals table:-References:***...
in La Seu d'Urgell
La Seu d'Urgell
La Seu d'Urgell is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes...
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Wieczorek also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of 11th in the C-1
Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's slalom C-1
These are the results of the men's C-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by one-man canoes through a whitewater course...
event at Atlanta in 1996
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
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