Karolina Naja

Personal information
Full name	Karolina Elżbieta Naja
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34) Tychy, Poland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Sprint kayak
Event(s)	K-2 200 m, K-2 500 m, K-2 1000 m, K-4 500 m
Club	AZS-AWF
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 3 World Championships 3 6 6 European Championships 6 6 1 European Games 1 0 2 Total 10 13 12 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo K-2 500 m 2012 London K-2 500 m 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 500 m 2020 Tokyo K-4 500 m World Championships 2014 Moscow K-1 4×200 m 2022 Dartmouth K-2 500 m 2022 Dartmouth K-4 500 m 2011 Szeged K-2 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 200 m 2013 Duisburg K-1 4×200 m 2014 Moscow K-4 500 m 2019 Szeged K-2 500 m 2023 Duisburg K-4 500 m 2010 Poznań K-4 500 m 2011 Szeged K-1 4×200 m 2013 Duisburg K-2 500 m 2014 Moscow K-2 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-4 500 m 2019 Szeged K-4 500 m European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska K-2 500 m 2023 Kraków–Małopolska K-4 500 m 2015 Baku K-4 500 m 2019 Minsk K-4 500 m European Championships 2012 Zagreb K-2 1000 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 1000 m 2015 Račice K-2 500 m 2022 Munich K-2 500 m 2022 Munich K-4 500 m 2013 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 200 m 2014 Brandenburg K-2 500 m 2014 Brandenburg K-4 500 m 2015 Račice K-2 200 m 2015 Račice K-2 1000 m 2021 Poznań K-2 500 m 2012 Zagreb K-2 500 m

Karolina Elżbieta Naja (Polish pronunciation: [karɔˈlina ˈnaja]; born 5 February 1990) is a Polish sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's K-4 500 metres, and silver medal in Women's K-2 500 metres.^[1]

Career

She took up canoeing in her home town of Tychy in 2001.^[2]

Naja and the Polish K-4 500 m team won the bronze medal at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[3]

At the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Naja and Magdalena Krukowska won the silver medal in the K-2 200 m.^[4] The Polish team Naja was a member of also won bronze in the K1 4 × 200m relay.^[4]

She won the bronze medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Beata Mikołajczyk.^[5] The women's K-4 500 m team Naja was part of finished in 4th place in London. At that year's European Championships Naja and Mikołajczyk won gold in the K-2 1000 m and bronze in the K-2 500 m.^[6]

Naja and Mikołajczyk won a silver medal in the K-2 200 m event at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, along with a bronze in the K-2 500 m.^[7] The Polish team Naja was a member of also won silver in the K1 4 × 200m relay.^[7] At the European Championships that year, Naja and Mikołajczyk won the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m.^[8] Naja won the silver medal in the K-2 200 m with Magdalena Krukowska.^[8]

At the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, she won a silver medal in the women's K-4 500 m team, with Mikołajczyk, Marta Walczykiewicz and Edyta Dzieniszewska, and a bronze with Mikołajczyk in the K-2 500 m.^[9] The Polish team Naja was a member of also won the K1 4 × 200m relay.^[2] Naja and Mikołajczyk won silver in the K-2 500 m and were part of the Polish K-4 500 m team that won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships.^[10]

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Poland in canoe sprint, more specifically, the women's K-4 500m with Ewelina Wojnarowska, Edyta Dzieniszewska, and Beata Mikołajczyk. She earned a bronze medal. That year Naja and Mikołajczyk won the gold medal in the K-2 500 m and silver medals in the K-2 200 m in the K-2 1000 m at the European Championships.^[11]

At the 2016 Olympic Games, Naja again won bronze with Mikołajczyk in the K-2 500 m event.^[5] This time, the K-4 500 m team Naja was part of finished in 9th.