Ewa Prawicka-Left

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Ewa Prawicka-Linke medal table
Ewa Prawicka-Linke at the 2015 award ceremony with Beata Choma
Ewa Prawicka-Linke at the 2015 award ceremony with Beata Choma

Ballooning

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Ballooning European championships
gold 2015 Women
Ballooning Polish championships
gold Women
gold Women


Ewa Prawicka-Linke is a Polish balloonist . In 2015 she became the third FAI European Champion for women in hot air ballooning in Orveltermarke, Midden-Drenthe .

At the first European Women's Championship, which took place in Alytus ( Lithuania ) in 2010 , Prawicka reached sixth place. Two years later, she came third in the second edition of the competition in Frankenthal (Palatinate) before winning the European Championship in the Netherlands in 2015 . She dedicated her gold medal to her father Bogdan Prawicki, who infected her with the balloon virus and taught her everything . In her hometown of Leszno , she started in 2017 with starting number "1" and reached 11th place.

Prawicka achieved comparable positions at the 2014 World Championships in Leszno (17th place) and in 2016 in Birštonas, Lithuania (12th place). In the third edition of this competition, the two-time Polish champion was eliminated in the eliminations for a place in the national team. Prawicka won the FAI Women's World Cup twice . However, this does not have the rank of world and European championships.

Prawicka-Linke is married, mother and lives in Leszno.

International success

World championships

  • 2nd FAI Women's World Championship in Birštonas, Lithuania, 2016 - 12th place
  • 1st FAI Women's World Championship in Leszno, Poland, 2014 - 17th place

European championships

  • 4th FAI European Women's Championship in Leszno, Poland , 2017 - 11th place
  • 3rd FAI European Women's Championship in Midden-Drenthe, Netherlands, 2015 - European Champion
  • 2nd FAI European Women's Championship in Frankenthal (Pfalz), Germany, 2012 - 13th place
  • 1st FAI European Women's Championship in Alytus, Lithuania, 2010 - 6th place

Other gold medals

  • Two-time Polish champion
  • Two wins at the FAI World Cup

Web links

Commons : Ewa Prawicka-Linke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 1st European Women HAB Championships 2010 ". (Accessed January 13, 2019)
  2. ↑ 2nd FAI Women European Hot Air Balloon Championship Frankenthal. (accessed on January 13, 2019)
  3. ^ Jarek Adamek: Zwycięstwo w ostatnim locie. Prawicka-Linke Mistrzynią Europy !. (Polish, sport.elka.pl from September 19, 2015)
  4. ^ 4th FAI Women's European Hot Air Balloon Championship. (accessed on January 13, 2019)
  5. ↑ 2nd FAI WOMEN'S WORLD HOT AIR BALLOON CHAMPIONSHIP. (accessed on January 13, 2019)
  6. ↑ radiopoznan.fm: Zwycięstwo baloniarki z Leszna. Ewa Prawicka-Linke z Leszczyńskiego Klubu Balonowego została mistrzynią Europy kobiet w sportach balonowych. (Polish, September 23, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Prawicka-Linke, Ewa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish balloon athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Leszno