Aneta Konieczna

Tomasz Kryk ( coach )

Aneta Regina Pastuszka - Konieczna ( born May 11, 1978 in Krosno, Lubusz Voivodeship ) is a Polish Canoe Sprint athlete and five-time participant in the Summer Olympic Games since 1996 -. Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 launches for the Warta Poznań Club.

Your specialist discipline is the 500m track in one kayak ( K-1), double kayak (K -2) and in the four - kayak ( K -4).

In addition to the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, which they won together with Beata Mikołajczyk over the 500m distance, she won two bronze medals over 500 meters at the Olympics with Beata Sokołowska - Kulesza in Sydney (2000) and Athens ( 2004).

She is also a 17- time medalist in canoe racing world championships and 15 - time medalist at the European Championships.

With the Polish team in 2000 as they missed in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 with fourth places only just short of the podium at her Olympic participation in the K- 4, both in Sydney.

Career

Aneta Konieczna initially rose during a canoeing club in Gorzów Wielkopolski, where she was coached by Piotr Głażewski. In the years 2001-2012 she was the athlete KS Poznań, until they moved to Warta Poznan in April 2012.

Before the Olympics in London in 2012 was diagnosed with cancer her and she had to undergo an operation, causing her to lose their seats in two.

Honors

Aneta Konieczna received on 10 November 2000, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in gold.

On October 7, 2004, she was awarded the Polish Order of Polonia Restituta in the knight class, and on 8 October 2008 in the officer class.