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 nameKarolina Elżbieta Naja
NationalityPolish
Born (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990
Tychy, Poland
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportSprint kayak
Event(s)K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m
ClubAZS-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 TokyoK-2 500 m
2012 LondonK-2 500 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroK-2 500 m
2020 TokyoK-4 500 m
World Championships
2014 MoscowK-1 4×200 m
2022 DartmouthK-2 500 m
2022 DartmouthK-4 500 m
2011 SzegedK-2 200 m
2013 DuisburgK-2 200 m
2013 DuisburgK-1 4×200 m
2014 MoscowK-4 500 m
2019 SzegedK-2 500 m
2023 DuisburgK-4 500 m
2010 PoznańK-4 500 m
2011 SzegedK-1 4×200 m
2013 DuisburgK-2 500 m
2014 MoscowK-2 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoK-4 500 m
2019 SzegedK-4 500 m
European Games
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaK-2 500 m
2023 Kraków–MałopolskaK-4 500 m
2015 BakuK-4 500 m
2019 MinskK-4 500 m
European Championships
2012 ZagrebK-2 1000 m
2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 500 m
2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 1000 m
2015 RačiceK-2 500 m
2022 MunichK-2 500 m
2022 MunichK-4 500 m
2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 200 m
2014 BrandenburgK-2 500 m
2014 BrandenburgK-4 500 m
2015 RačiceK-2 200 m
2015 RačiceK-2 1000 m
2021 PoznańK-2 500 m
2012 ZagrebK-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.
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