Tomasz Mendelski

Tomasz Mendelski

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 1 8 2 European Championships 1 4 2 European Games 1 0 0 Total 3 11 4
World Championships
	2005 Zagreb	K-1 200 m
	2006 Szeged	K-4 1000 m
	2007 Duisburg	K-4 1000 m
	2006 Szeged	K-4 500 m
European Championships
	2004 Poznań	K1-200 m
	2004 Poznań	K4-1000 m
	2005 Poznań	K4-1000 m
	2007 Pontevedra	K2-500 m
	2007 Pontevedra	K4-1000 m

Tomasz Mendelski (born 21 May 1981 in Olsztyn) is a Polish sprint canoeist. Mendelski has represented Poland in both the K-1 200 m and 500 m, but specialises in the former discipline, the shortest race-distance. At the world championships he finished sixth (2001), fourth (2002) and sixth (2003) before finally making the podium at the 2005 worlds in Zagreb, Croatia, where he won the silver medal.

He also won the bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Poznań, Poland, finishing just in front of Spain's Jovino González.

Mendelski also won two silver medals in the K-4 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 2006 and 2007, and a bronze in the K-4 500 m event at 2006.

He also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008.

"Tomaj" is a member of the OKS Olstyn Canoe Club. He is 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighs 88 kg (194 lbs).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Sports-reference.com profile

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