Izabela Dylewska-Światowiak (born March 16, 1968, in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1987 to 1997. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-1 500 m event, earning them in 1988 and 1992.
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Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 Seoul | K-1 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1992 Barcelona | K-1 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 Duisburg | K-1 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1989 Plovdiv | K-1 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1989 Plovdiv | K-1 5000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1995 Duisburg | K-2 500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1997 Dartmouth | K-2 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1997 Dartmouth | K-2 1000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
European Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1997 Plovdiv | K2-500 m | |||||||||||||||||||||
1997 Plovdiv | K2-1000 m |
Dylewska's first success on the international kayaking scene occurred at the 1987 World Championships when she won a silver medal in the women's K-1 500 m event, which would prove to be her best event over the ensuing years. Dylewska won a second world championships' silver medal in the K-1 500 m in 1989.
In 1995, Dylewska partnered with Elżbieta Urbańczyk to win the silver medal at the 1995 World Championships in the women's K-2 500 m. Dylewska's partnership with Urbańczyk would result in two gold medals at the 1997 European Championships (K-2 200 m and K-2 1000 m), as well as a silver medal (K-2 200 m) and bronze medal (K-2 1000 m) at the 1997 World Championships.
References
edit- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Izabela Dylewska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.