Michał Jeliński

The Polish double four in Beijing in 2008: Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol (from left to right)

Michał Jeliński (* 17th March 1980 in Gorzow Wielkopolski ) is a Polish rower who at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Olympic gold in the quadruple sculls won.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Jeliński started in a double scull , but retired in the hope run . In 2005, Jeliński and Konrad Wasielewski moved into the Polish double scull, with which Adam Korol and Marek Kolbowicz had already won the Olympic Games in 2004. After a third and a second place in the rowing world cup , the boat won the title at the world championships in Gifu . In 2006 the boat won the World Cup in Munich and Poznan and successfully defended the title at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton. In 2007, after winning the World Cup in Linz and Amsterdam at the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich , the four-man won the third title in a row. In 2008 the Polish four-man was always at the forefront, with the World Cup winning in Munich, second place in Lucerne and third place in Poznan. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Polish foursome was able to clearly stand out from the other boats and won by over two seconds over the boats from Italy and France.

After winning the 2009 World Rowing Championships and the 2010 European Rowing Championships , the Polish quadruple was unable to maintain its dominance, the boat took fourth place at the World Championships .

Web links

• Michał Jeliński in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Michał Jeliński at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )