Sylwia Lewandowska (born 4 January 1991 in

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

) is a Polish rower. She is a World and Olympic medallist. At the

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, she competed in the Women's quadruple sculls.

Career

Lewandowska was part of the Polish quadruple sculls team that won the silver medal at the 2011 European Rowing Championships, alongside Agnieszka Kobus, Karolina Gniadek and

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. She won the silver in the event again in

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, but that time the team consisted of Lewandowska, Madaj, Kamila Socko and Joanna Leszczynska. This was the same team that competed at the 2012 Olympics. In 2013, the team of Lewandowska, Leszczynska, Madaj and Magdalena Fularczyk won the bronze medal at the World Championships.

References

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