Paweł Baraszkiewicz

Paweł Baraszkiewicz (born May 20, 1977 in Działdowo) is a Polish flatwater canoer who has been world champion four times in the Canadian canoe C-2 event with partner Daniel Jędraszko.

They also won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics. That same year Baraskiewicz also won two C2 gold medals at the European championships (in the 500 m with Jedrasko and also in the 1000 m with Michal Gajownik).

At the 2004 Athens games Baraszkiewicz and Jedrasko disappointingly failed to win a medal. Baraszkiewicz publicly voiced his suspicion that some of their rivals were guilty of doping.

In 2005 Baraszkiewicz switched to the individual C-1 event, winning silver at the 2005 Flatwater Racing World Championships over 500 m.

2006 proved a frustrating season, with three fourth-place finishes in major C1 finals (European 200 m & 500 m and World Championship 500 m). He did however pick up a world championship silver medal with Poland's four-man C4 500 m crew. At the end of the season he again became Polish national C1 champion over all three race distances.

Baraszkiewicz is a member of the Posnania Poznań club. He is 175 cm (5'9") tall and weighs 80 kg (196 lbs).

World Championship Golds

*C2 200 m 2003 Gainesville, Georgia, USA
*C2 500 m 2003 Gainesville, USA
*C2 200 m 2001 Poznań, Poland
*C2 500 m 1999 Milan, Italy