WISNIEWSKA Helena

Date of Birth: 18 Apr 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.73/5'8''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Canoe Sprint	Women's Kayak Single 200m	17
	Women's Kayak Four 500m POL Poland	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 200m Heat 3 #3	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Single 200m Quarterfinal 2 #18	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Heat 2 #101	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Semi-final 2 #116	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Kayak Four 500m Final A #124	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	K2 200m	K4 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	3
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	5	3

European Games

Year	Location	K2 200m	K4 500m
2019	Minsk, BLR	4	3

European Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K4 500m
2021	Poznan, POL	6	4

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 500m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2021	-	1 x 2nd	1 x 4th
2019	-	-	2 x 3rd
2018	1 x 12th	-	1 x 3rd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2021	Kayak Double 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:44.98
3	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:32.350
3	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:33.131
3	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	1:34.568
4	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:39.18
12	2018	Kayak Single 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:51.734

World Junior & Under 23 Championships (Juniors)

Year	Location	K1 200m	K2 500m	K4 500m
2017	Pitesti, ROU	10	3	7

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Helenka (Facebook profile, 24 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Partner Jakub Stepun

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

CWZS Zawisza Bydgoszcz [Poland]

Maciej Juhnke [club], POL; Tomasz Kryk [national], POL

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Jakub Stepun has competed in canoe sprint at junior international level and was part of the Polish team that finished fifth in the junior men's K4 500m at the 2019 Junior and U23 European Championships in Racice, Czech Republic. (poinformowani.pl, 17 Aug 2020; Instagram profile, 24 Jan 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 18 Feb 2021)

She took up the sport at age 13 at CWZS Zawisza Bydgoszcz in Poland. (tvp.pl, 19 Oct 2019)

"I was always a very active child and my friend encouraged me to try paddling." (tvp.pl, 19 Oct 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tvp.pl, 19 Oct 2019, 05 Jun 2020)

Winning bronze in the K4 500m at the world championships in both 2018 and 2019. (tvp.pl, 19 Oct 2019)

Polish sprint paddler Beata Mikolajczyk-Rosolska. (pomorska.pl, 04 Feb 2017)

She received the 2019 Eugeniusz Pietrasik Olympic Hope Award from the Polish Olympic Committee. (olimpijski.pl, 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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