SAJDAK Maria

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3

World Championships

Year	Location	4x
2019	Linz, AUT	2
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	1
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	2
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	4
2014	Amsterdam, NED	8

European Championships

Year	Location	4x
2021	Varese, ITA	7
2019	Lucerne, SUI	4
2018	Glasgow, GBR	1
2017	Racice, CZE	4

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Quadruple Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	6:17.31
1	Quadruple Sculls	2017	Poznan, POL	6:14.60
1	Quadruple Sculls	2017	Belgrade, SRB	6:29.28
2	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:49.59
2	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Poznan, POL	6:42.38
2	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	6:29.28
2	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	6:16.15
3	Quadruple Sculls	2021	Sabaudia, ITA	6:15.36
4	Quadruple Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	6:33.16
6	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	6:32.49

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Maria Springwald

Reading, sports. (pztw.pl, 22 Jun 2017)

Athlete

Material Engineering - AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, POL

Husband Tadeusz Sajdak

English, Polish

AZS AWF Krakow [Poland]

Iwona Wojcik-Pietruszka [club]; Jakub Urban [national], POL; Michal Kozlowski [national], POL

2013 for Poland (worldrowing.com, 01 Oct 2015; dziennikpolski24.pl, 15 Oct 2014)

In September 2020 she had an accident while training on a bicycle and injured her shoulder, which meant she missed the 2020 European Championships in Poznan, Poland. (kierunektokio.pl, 25 Feb 2021)

She took up rowing in 2004 in Krakow, Poland. (dziennikpolski24.pl, 15 Oct 2014)

"There was an open recruitment session for the rowing section in my school, and I decided to give it a try. I never expected that it would go so far and that I would one day have a chance to qualify for the Olympics. I started training because it was great fun, but now it's even better." (Lotto Radosc Wygrywania YouTube channel, 15 Apr 2019; dziennikpolski24.pl, 15 Oct 2014)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (kierunektokio.pl, 25 Feb 2021)

She trains on the River Vistula in Krakow, Poland. (kierunektokio.pl, 25 Feb 2021)

Winning bronze in quadruple sculls at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (kierunektokio.pl, 25 Feb 2021)

Coach Iwona Wojcik-Pietruszka and Polish rower Jolanta Jazgar. (Polskie Wiosla PZTW YouTube channel, 02 Jan 2019; dziennikpolski24.pl, 15 Oct 2014)

She was honoured with the Silver Cross of Merit by the president of Poland in 2016. (prezydent.pl, 05 Oct 2016)

In 2014 she received the Lesser Poland region Laurel of Sport Award, given by regional authorities to young athletes. (dziennikpolski24.pl, 26 Apr 2014)