Grzegorz Polaczyk (born 2 July 1985 in

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) is a Polish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 2001 to 2014. He won two medals in the K1 team event at the

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with a silver in

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and a bronze in

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. He also won two golds, two silvers and a bronze in the same event at the

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. Polaczyk finished seventh in the K1 event at the

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. He has four brothers ( Mateusz, Rafał, Henryk and Łukasz) and two sisters (Joanna Mędoń and Iwona) all of whom have competed in canoe slalom.

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