Beata Mikołajczyk

Beata Mikołajczyk ( Polish pronunciation: ; born 15 October 1985) is a Polish canoe sprinter. She competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, in two events for each games; she won one silver and two bronze medals and placed fourth two times.

Career
Mikołajczyk took up canoeing in 1996 in her native Bydgoszcz. She won the silver medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with Aneta Pastuszka-Konieczna. She won the bronze medal in K-2 500 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Karolina Naja. She also won a gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games for Poland in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-4 500m with Ewelina Wojnarowska, Edyta Dzieniszewska, and Karolina Naja. She earned a bronze medal.

Awards
For her sport achievements, she received:
 * [[Image:POL Złoty Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg|65px|Golden Cross of Merit]] Golden Cross of Merit in 2008.
 * [[Image:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg|65px|Knight's Cross Order of Polonia Restituta]] Knight's Cross Order of Polonia Restituta in 2013.