Daniel Wełna Explained

Daniel Zygmunt Wełna (born 3 December 1955 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-4 500 m and K-4 1000 m: both 1977), two silvers (K-2 500 m: 1981, K-4 1000 m: 1979), and three bronzes (K-2 1000 m: 1981, K-4 500 m: 1978, 1979).

Wełna also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-4 1000 m event at Moscow in 1980.

References

• Web site: Kamber . Raymond . Raymond Kamber . 2008 . Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) . CanoeICF.com . . 1–83 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200125/https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf . 18 May 2018.
• Daniel Wełna . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022192311/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/daniel-welna-1.html . 2012-10-22 .