Aneta Konieczna

Aneta Regina Konieczna née Pastuszka (born 11 May 1978, in Krosno Odrzańskie) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, she won three medals in the K-2 500 m event with one silver (2008) and two bronzes (2000, 2004).

Konieczna has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, winning sixteen medals. This includes two golds (K-2 500 m: 1999, K-4 1000 m: 2002), five silvers (K-2 200 m: 1999, 2001, 2002; K-2 500 m: 2001, K-4 500 m: 2005, and seven bronzes (K-1 500 m: 2003, K-2 200 m: 2003, K-4 200 m: 1999, 2001, 2003; K-4 500 m: 1999, 2007, 2010).

For her sport achievements, she received:

Golden Cross of Merit in 2000;

Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2004;

Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (4th Class) in 2008.