Grzegorz Kotowicz
Grzegorz Leon Kotowicz (born 6 August 1973 in Czechowice-Dziedzice) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). In his career, Kotowicz garnered two Olympic medals, eight World Championship medals, and five European Championship medals.
| Medal record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1992 Barcelona | K-2 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 Sydney | K-4 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1994 Mexico City | K-4 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Dartmouth | K-1 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Dartmouth | K-1 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 Duisburg | K-2 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 Duisburg | K-4 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 Duisburg | K-4 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Dartmouth | K-2 1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 Milan | K-1 500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1999 Zagreb | K4-1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Plovdiv | K1-200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Plovdiv | K1-500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Plovdiv | K2-1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 Zagreb | K1-500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 Plovdiv | K2-1000 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
For his sport achievements, he received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2000.
Summer Olympics
Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals. Kotowicz won them in the K-2 1000 m in 1992 and in the K-4 1000 m in 2000.
World championships
Kotowicz won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (K-1 200 m: 1997, K-1 500 m: 1997, K-4 1000 m: 1994) and five bronzes (K-1 500 m: 1999, K-2 1000 m: 1995, 1997; K-4 500 m: 1995, K-4 1000 m: 1995).
European Championships
Kotowicz won three silver medals at the 1997 European Championship (K-1 200 m, K-1 500 m, K-2 1000 m). At the 1999 edition, he won gold in the K-4 1000 m event with teammates Białkowski, Seroczyński and Witkowski. Kotowicz also won silver in the K-1 500 m event at those same championships.
Post-Competition Career
On 8 January 2005 Grzegorz Kotowicz was appointed to the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Athletes Commission.[1]
References
- ICF Athletes Commission appointed
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- 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)
- Pkol.pl profile (in Polish)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grzegorz Kotowicz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22.