Marek Łbik (born 30 January 1958 in Poznań) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals with Marek Dopierała at Seoul in 1988 with a silver in the C-2 500 m event and a bronze in the C-2 1000 m event.

Marek Łbik

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 2 4 2
European Championships 0 0 0
Total 2 5 3
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Montreal C-2 10000 m
Gold medal – first place 1987 Duisburg C-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1985 Mechelen C-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1986 Montreal C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1987 Duisburg C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 1989 Plovdiv C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Duisburg C-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Mechelen C-2 1000 m
Copy of M. Łbik medal and autograph in Sports Star Avenue in Dziwnów

Łbik also won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-2 500 m: 1987, C-2 10000 m: 1986), four silvers (C-2 500 m: 1985, 1987; C-2 1000 m: 1987, 1989), and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1979, C-2 1000 m: 1985).

He is current chairman of Polish sports club Warta Poznań.

References

edit
  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2007)
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marek Łbik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
edit