Karolina Naja

Karolina Elżbieta Naja (Polish pronunciation: [karɔˈlina ˈnaja]; born 5 February 1990) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and silver medal in Women's K-2 500 metres.^[1]

Karolina Naja

Personal information
Full name	Karolina Elżbieta Naja
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34) Tychy, Poland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Sprint kayak
Event(s)	K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m
Club	AZS-AWF
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 3 World Championships 3 6 6 European Championships 6 6 1 European Games 1 0 2 Total 10 13 12 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo K-2 500 m 2012 London K-2 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 m World Championships 2014 Moscow K-1 4×200 m 2022 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 2022 Dartmouth K-4 500 m 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-1 4×200 m 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m 2019 Szeged K-2 500 m 2023 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2010 Poznań K-4 500 m 2011 Szeged K-1 4×200 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m 2019 Szeged K-4 500 m European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska K-2 500 m 2023 Kraków–Małopolska K-4 500 m 2015 Baku K-4 500 m 2019 Minsk K-4 500 m European Championships 2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 1000 m 2015 Račice K-2 500 m 2022 Munich K-2 500 m 2022 Munich K-4 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 200 m 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m 2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m 2015 Račice K-2 200 m 2015 Račice K-2 1000 m 2021 Poznań K-2 500 m 2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m

Career

She took up canoeing in her home town of Tychy in 2001.^[2]

Naja and the Polish K-4 500 m team won the bronze medal at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[3]

At the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Naja and Magdalena Krukowska won the silver medal in the K-2 200 m.^[4] The Polish team Naja was a member of also won bronze in the K1 4 × 200m relay.^[4]

She won the bronze medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Beata Mikołajczyk.^[5] The women's K-4 500 m team Naja was part of finished in 4th place in London. At that year's European Championships Naja and Mikołajczyk won gold in the K-2 1000 m and bronze in the K-2 500 m.^[6]

Naja and Mikołajczyk won a silver medal in the K-2 200 m event at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, along with a bronze in the K-2 500 m.^[7] The Polish team Naja was a member of also won silver in the K1 4 × 200m relay.^[7] At the European Championships that year, Naja and Mikołajczyk won the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m.^[8] Naja won the silver medal in the K-2 200 m with Magdalena Krukowska.^[8]

At the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, she won a silver medal in the women's K-4 500 m team, with Mikołajczyk, Marta Walczykiewicz and Edyta Dzieniszewska, and a bronze with Mikołajczyk in the K-2 500 m.^[9] The Polish team Naja was a member of also won the K1 4 × 200m relay.^[2] Naja and Mikołajczyk won silver in the K-2 500 m and were part of the Polish K-4 500 m team that won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships.^[10]

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Poland in canoe sprint, more specifically, the women's K-4 500m with Ewelina Wojnarowska, Edyta Dzieniszewska, and Beata Mikołajczyk. She earned a bronze medal. That year Naja and Mikołajczyk won the gold medal in the K-2 500 m and silver medals in the K-2 200 m in the K-2 1000 m at the European Championships.^[11]

At the 2016 Olympic Games, Naja again won bronze with Mikołajczyk in the K-2 500 m event.^[5] This time, the K-4 500 m team Naja was part of finished in 9th.

References

1. "Canoe Sprint - NAJA Karolina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. "Karolina Naja". ICF - Planet Canoe. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
3. "2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Results". www.canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
4. "2011 Canoe Sprint World Championship Results". www.canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
5. "Karolina Naja Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
6. "2012 European Championships". www.canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
7. "2013 ICF Sprint Canoe World Championships Results" (PDF). results.imas-sport.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
8. "2013 European Championship Results". www.canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
9. "2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Results" (PDF). www.canoeicf.com. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
10. "2013 European Championships Results". www.canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
11. "2015 European Championships Results". www.canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

External links

• Media related to Karolina Naja at Wikimedia Commons
• Karolina Naja at the International Canoe Federation
• Karolina Naja at Olympics.com
• Karolina Naja at Olympedia
• Karolina Naja at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)