Dorota Urbaniak
Dorota Urbaniak (born May 6, 1972 in Łask , Poland ) is a Canadian rower of Polish descent who won an Olympic medal and three world championship medals.
Urbaniak moved into Canadian eighth in 1997, which was recomposed after winning the 1996 Olympic silver medal. At the 1997 World Championships, as in 1996, the Romanians won ahead of the Canadians. In 1998 and 1999, the Canadian eighth won the bronze medal behind the Romanians and the Americans. In their only Olympic participation in 2000, Urbaniak finished third behind the Romanians and the Dutch in Sydney. At the rowing world championships in 2002 Urbaniak reached sixth place again with the Canadian eighth.
The 1.78 m tall Dorota Urbaniak rowed for the Argonaut Rowing Club in Toronto .
Medals
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships)
- World Cup 1997 : 2nd place in eighth place ( Buffy-Lynne Alexander , Laryssa Biesenthal , Jessica Gonin , Alison Korn , Emma Robinson , Dorota Urbaniak, Kristen Wall , Kubet Weston and Lesley Thompson )
- 1998 World Cup : 3rd place in eighth place (Buffy-Lynne Alexander, Laryssa Biesenthal, Heather Davis , Alison Korn, Marnie McBean , Emma Robinson, Dorota Urbaniak, Kubet Weston and Lesley Thompson)
- World Cup 1999 : 3rd place in eighth place (Buffy-Lynne Alexander, Laryssa Biesenthal, Alison Korn, Theresa Luke , Heather McDermid , Emma Robinson, Dorota Urbaniak, Kubet Weston and Lesley Thompson)
- OS 2000 : 3rd place in eighth place (Heather McDermid, Heather Davis, Dorota Urbaniak, Theresa Luke, Emma Robinson, Alison Korn, Laryssa Biesenthal, Buffy-Lynne Alexander and Lesley Thompson)
Web links
- Dorota Urbaniak at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Dorota Urbaniak in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urbaniak, Dorota |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łask , Poland |