Marek Twardowski

Marek Twardowski
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 3 9 4
European Championships 2 3 7
European Games 0 0 0
Total 5 12 11
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
1999 MilanK-2 500 m
2006 SzegedK-1 500 m
2011 SzegedK-1 500 m
1999 MilanK-2 1000 m
1999 MilanK-4 200 m
2002 SevilleK-2 200 m
2002 SevilleK-2 500 m
2003 GainesvilleK-2 200 m
2005 ZagrebK-2 500 m
2006 SzegedK-2 200 m
2006 SzegedK-4 1000 m
2007 DuisburgK-4 1000 m
1999 MilanK-2 200 m
2005 ZagrebK-2 200 m
2005 ZagrebK-4 1000 m
2007 DuisburgK-1 500 m
European Championships
1999 ZagrebK2-200 m
1999 ZagrebK2-500 m
2005 PoznańK2-500 m
2007 PontevedraK1-200 m
2012 ZagrebK-1 500 m
1999 ZagrebK2-1000 m
2001 MilanK2-200 m
2001 MilanK2-500 m
2002 SzegedK2-200m
2005 PoznańK4-1000 m
2007 PontevedraK1-500 m
2007 PontevedraK4-1000 m

Marek Twardowski (born 6 October 1979 in Białystok) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 500 m: 2006, K-2 500 m: 1999), nine silvers (K-2 200 m: 2002, 2003, 2006; K-2 500 m: 2002, 2005; K-2 1000 m: 1999, K-4 200 m: 1999, K-4 1000 m: 2006, 2007), and four bronzes (K-1 500 m: 2007, K-2 200 m: 1999, 2005; K-4 1000 m: 2007).

Twardowski also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Athens in 2004.

Nicknamed Twardy, he is 1.82 m (6'0) tall and weighs 85 kg (187 lbs). Twardowski is a member of the Sparta Augustów club where he is coached by Andrzej Siemion.

On 9 July 2008 he was named the Polish national flag bearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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