Paweł Baraszkiewicz

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Olympic medal record
Men's Canoeing
Silver	2000 Sydney	C-2 500m

Paweł Baraszkiewicz (born May 20, 1977 in Działdowo) is a Polish flatwater canoer who has been world champion four times in the Canadian canoe C-2 event with partner Daniel Jędraszko.

They also won a silver medal at the Sydney Olympics. That same year Baraskiewicz also won two C2 gold medals at the European championships (in the 500m with Jedrasko and also in the 1000m with Michal Gajownik).

At the 2004 Athens games Baraszkiewicz and Jedrasko disappointingly failed to win a medal. Baraszkiewicz publicly voiced his suspicion that some of their rivals were guilty of doping.

In 2005 Baraszkiewicz switched to the individual C-1 event, winning silver at the 2005 Flatwater Racing World Championships over 500m.

2006 proved a frustrating season, with three fourth-place finishes in major C1 finals (European 200m & 500m and World Championship 500m). He did however pick up a world championship silver medal with Poland's four-man C4 500m crew. At the end of the season he again became Polish national C1 champion over all three race distances.

Baraszkiewicz is a member of the Posnania Poznań club. He is 175 cm (5'9") tall and weighs 80 kg (196 lbs).