Katarzyna Wełna
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| Born | 6 March 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | AZS-AWF Kraków | ||||||||||||||
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Katarzyna Wełna (born 6 March 1994) is a Polish rower and cyclist, bronze medalist at the European Rowing Championships.
She comes from Stanisławice near Kraków. She started rowing at the age of eleven. She completed primary school in her hometown and then attended the School of Sports Mastery in Kraków. After high school, she studied physical education at the Academy of Physical Education in Kraków.
From her youth until junior years, she competed for UKS 93 Kraków. Currently, she represents AZS-AWF Kraków.
She also competes in amateur cycling races. In 2018, she won the Beskid Classic.
In 2014, she underwent surgery and had a break in her career due to complications. She returned to rowing in 2018.[1]
World Cup
[edit]- 3rd place (Lucerne 2018, Plovdiv 2019)
Results
[edit]| Year | Event | Venue | Competition | Time | Position |
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| 2012 | Junior European Championships |  SVN Bled |
Single sculls | No data | 3rd place |
| Junior World Championships |  BGR Plovdiv |
Single sculls | B Final: 8:04.16 | 11th place | |
| 2013 | European Championships |  ESP Seville |
Lightweight double sculls | A Final: 7:47.10 | 3rd place |
| World Championships |  KOR Chungju |
Lightweight double sculls | B Final: 7:25.19 | 10th place | |
| 2015 | European Championships |  POL Poznań |
Lightweight single sculls | B Final: 7:51.00 | 10th place |
| U23 World Championships | BGR Plovdiv |
Lightweight double sculls | A Final: 7:10.66 | 6th place | |
| 2016 | U23 European Championships |  NLD Rotterdam |
Double sculls | B Final: 7:07.67 | 7th place |
| 2018 | European Championships |  GBR Glasgow |
Lightweight single sculls | A Final: 7:51.25 | 4th place |
| World Championships | BGR Plovdiv |
Lightweight single sculls | B Final: 7:52.37 | 8th place | |
| 2019 | World Championships |  AUT Ottensheim |
Lightweight double sculls | C Final: 7:05.73 | 15th place |
| 2020 | European Championships | POL Poznań |
Lightweight single sculls | A Final: 7:55.82 | 5th place |
References
[edit]- ^ "Katarzyna Wełna: powrót do wioseł przez rower" (in Polish). Polski Związek Towarzystw Wioślarskich. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2019-09-12.