Biography
Mateusz POLACZYK
 POLISH CANOE FEDERATION
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| 22/01/1988 | |
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| NICKNAME: | Filo | |
| HOBBIES: |
All sports, reading, motor
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| SPORTING RELATIVES: |
My whole siblings (6) were or are members of the Polish national team, each
of them competed at the World Championships (junior or senior), Brother Gregory
took part in the Olympic Games in Athens.
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| BIOGRAPHY: | Polaczyk made his Olympic debut at London 2012, where he finished fourth in the K1. He is a three-time European champion. The veteran can also boast World Championships and World Cup podium spots as he prepares for Paris 2024. | |
| FACEBOOK: |
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mateusz-Polaczyk/189748534450544?ref=hl
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| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: |
Kraków/Szczawnica/Bydgoszcz
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| OCCUPATION: |
Athlete
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| LANGUAGES: |
English
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| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: |
I start canoe at age 6 it the "KS Pieniny", Szczawnica
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| REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT: |
My dad was also a canoeist and encouraged us to this sport. Today produces
a canoe on which we start.
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| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: |
Mum and Dad
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| TRAINING PARTNER(S): |
Brothers, Grzegorz, Henryk, Lukasz, Rafal
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| HERO/IDOL: |
ski jumping Adam Malysz, alpine ski Hermann Maier, sketing Steven Bradbury,
canoe Michal Martikan, Richard Fox
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| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: |
do your job
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| FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE: |
Athens, London, Bratislava, Prague
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| FAVOURITE FOOD: |
Italian
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| FAVOURITE MUSIC: |
all |
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| CLUB: |
CWZS Zawisza Bydgoszcz
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| NAME OF COACH: |
Henryk Polaczyk
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| NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH: |
Poland
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| SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?: |
2013
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: |
2006
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY: |
Czech Republic
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: |
World Championships
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| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION: |
Prague
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| BEST RESULTS: | World Championships: Silver - 4, Bronze - 1. |
2015 ICF CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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