(2016 ☆ ARCHIVED) Klaudia Zwolinska - Poland

KLAUDIA ZWOLINSKA (Poland) - 2016 Nominee for 'Sports Junior' of the year award.

• Born: 1998, Discipline: Canoe Slalom, Represents: Poland.
• 2016: K1 Junior World Champion; K1 Junior European Champion; Ranked 15th in the ICF overall World Cup rankings.
• 2015: K1 Junior European Champion, K1 Junior World Champion.

The future is looking bright for Polish slalom paddler Klaudia Zwolinska who this season became the K1 Junior World Champion, K1 Junior European Champion and placed 15th overall in the open world cup rankings – the highest ranked junior in K1 women’s. 

Klaudia’s victory at the 2016 Junior World Championships in Krakow was a reward for her tireless work ethic and dedication to improving each aspect of her race. After the race Klaudia admitted she had made a few mistakes but said she had definitely made improvements from the semi finals.

One month later, she was able to defend her junior European Championship title, proving to the world yet again that she is becoming a consistent performer in a discipline that is so unforgivable.

In addition to these two major junior championships, Klaudia also competed in four out of the five Open World Cups where she picked up a mixed bag of results including a 5th place in the K1 at World Cup 4 in Prague. Based upon her points total throughout the World Cup season of 131, she is the highest ranked junior overall (boys and girls).

As her results continue to improve rapidly, she will be one to watch out for on the countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

This is a 2016 archived nominee. Voting has closed.