Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza

Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	K-2 500 m
	2004 Athens	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	1999 Milan	K-2 500 m
	1999 Milan	K-2 200 m
	2001 Poznań	K-2 200 m
	2001 Poznań	K-2 500 m
	2005 Zagreb	K-4 200 m
	1999 Milan	K-4 200 m
	1999 Milan	K-4 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-2 200 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-2 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-4 500 m

Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (born January 10, 1974 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-2 500 m event (2000, 2004).

Sokołowska-Kulesza has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning ten medals. This includes a gold (K-2 500 m: 1999), four silvers (K-2 200 m: 1999, 2001; K-2 500 m: 2001, K-4 200 m: 2005), and five bronzes (K-2 200 m: 2003, K-2 500 m: 2003, K-4 200 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 1999, 2003).

For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2004.

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Pkol.pl profile (Polish)
• Sports-reference.com profile