Adrianna Kąkol

Adrianna Kąkol (born 9 September 2001^[1]) is a Polish sprint canoeist and medalist at World and European Championships.

Kąkol is an athlete at Kolejowy Klub Kajakowy 1929 Kraków, where she began training at the age of 11.^[2]

In 2021, she won a bronze medal at the European U23 Championships in the K-2 200 meters event (with Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk). In 2022, she became the World Champion and European Champion in the K-4 500 meters event. In 2023, she won the European Games (which also served as the European Championship) in the same event and became the World Vice-Champion (in all events alongside Karolina Naja, Anna Puławska, and Dominika Putto).^[3][4]

In the 2022 Przegląd Sportowy Plebiscite for the best athlete of the year, she and her teammates Karolina Naja, Anna Puławska, and Dominika Putto finished in 21st place.^[5] In the same plebiscite in 2023, she was chosen as the Olympic Hope for Paris 2024.^[6]