MAJKA Jolanta

Poland
Rowing
13 Jul 1978
43
Female
PR2
WYSZKOW
 
Poland
POLICE
 
Poland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x
POL
Poland
 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x Heat 2
#6
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x Repechage 1
#13
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x Final A
#23
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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ROWING
RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
6TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA4:06.26
6TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2008Beijing, CHN4:35.08
10TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2012London, GBR4:17.23
World Championships
2PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x2018Plovdiv, BUL8:12.60
2TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2006Eton, GBR4:24.19
3Women's PR2 Single Sculls2018Plovdiv, BUL9:58.52
3PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x2017Sarasota, FL, USA8:29.77
3TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2009Poznan, POL4:05.28
3TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2007Munich, GER4:16.74
6PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x2019Linz, AUT9:18.92
7TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2015Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA4:08.77
7TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2014Amsterdam, NED4:35.35
8TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2011Bled, SLO4:20.89

SWIMMING
RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
64x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points2000Sydney, NSW, AUS5:56.70
9100m Backstroke - S102000Sydney, NSW, AUS1:22.10
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Jola (tvpolice.pl, 26 Sep 2016)
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Jolanta Pawlak
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Swimming. (magazynsportowiec.pl, 04 Oct 2018)
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Athlete, Coach
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Husband Piotr Majka
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Polish
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START Szczecin [Poland]
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Tomasz Kazmierczak [club, personal], POL
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She competed with her husband Piotr Majka in rowing [trunk and arms double sculls] at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (wiescipolickie.pl, 20 Jan 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 11 Sep 2008)
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She competed in swimming at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Oct 2000)
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2006 for Poland, World Championships in Eton, Great Britain (Athlete, 07 Feb 2012)
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She began rowing in 2006. (Athlete, 07 Feb 2012)
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She decided to take up rowing after ending her swimming career. "For fourteen years I trained Para swimming. Then, I found out that in my city the rowing section will be open and I decided to switch to rowing with my husband." (szczecin.pl, 01 Sep 2012; magazynsportowiec.pl, 04 Oct 2018)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Telewizja Police YouTube channel, 06 Dec 2019)
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Winning silver in the PR2 mixed double sculls and bronze in the PR2 single sculls at the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (magazynsportowiec.pl, 04 Oct 2018)
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Her coach. (Athlete, 07 Feb 2012)
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"Pain is temporary, only victory is forever." (paralympic.org.pl, 07 Sep 2016)

General Interest

Classification
PR2 (worldrowing.com, 03 Jun 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (sport.wp.pl, 19 Aug 2014)

Impairment Details
She was born with hip dysplasia. (sport.wp.pl, 19 Aug 2014)

General
CHANGE OF POSITION
In 2020 coach Tomasz Kazmierczak decided to switch the boat positions of her and PR2 double skulls crewmate Michal Gadowski. Pawlak had previously served in the bow position for 16 years before the switch. They competed together in their new positions for the first time at the 2020 European Championships in Poznan, Poland, where they won a bronze medal. "It's a big experiment, because it's like building a crew from basis." (tvp.pl, 12 Oct 2020)

OCCUPATION
She has worked as a swimming coach in Police, Poland. "Coaching children in swimming is my second biggest passion next to rowing. I feel huge satisfaction seeing children making progress." (tvpolice.pl, 26 Sep 2016; magazynsportowiec.pl, 04 Oct 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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