Polish canoeistOlympic Games2000 SydneyK-2 500 m2004 AthensK-2 500 mWorld Championships1999 MilanK-2 500 m1999 MilanK-2 200 m2001 PoznańK-2 200 m2001 PoznańK-2 500 m2005 ZagrebK-4 200 m1999 MilanK-4 200 m1999 MilanK-4 500 m2003 GainesvilleK-2 200 m2003 GainesvilleK-2 500 m2003 GainesvilleK-4 500 mEuropean Championships1999 ZagrebK2-200 m1999 ZagrebK2-250 m1999 ZagrebK2-1000 m2000 PoznańK2-200 m2000 PoznańK2-500 m 2001 Milan K2-1000 m2000 PoznańK2-1000 m 2001 Milan K2-200 m

Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (born 10 January 1974 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-2 500 m event (2000, 2004).

Sokołowska-Kulesza has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning ten medals. This includes a gold (K-2 500 m: 1999), four silvers (K-2 200 m: 1999, 2001; K-2 500 m: 2001, K-4 200 m: 2005), and five bronzes (K-2 200 m: 2003, K-2 500 m: 2003, K-4 200 m: 1999, K-4 500 m: 1999, 2003).

For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Res*uta (5th Cl*) in 2004.

References

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Pkol.pl profile (in Polish)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.