Marcin Pochwała

Marcin Krzysztof Pochwała (born 14 February 1984) is a Polish slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2001.

Career He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (Mixed C2: 2018), a silver (Mixed C2: 2019) and a bronze (C2 team: 2003). He also won seven silvers and two bronzes at the European Championships.

Competing in four Summer Olympics in the C2 event, he earned his best finish of fifth in 2012 in London and again in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (both with Piotr Szczepański). He was 8th in 2008 and 10th in 2004 (both with Paweł Sarna).

World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2010 19 June 2010 Prague 3rd C2 2011 10 July 2011 Markkleeberg 3rd C2 2012 2 September 2012 Bratislava 2nd C2 2013 30 June 2013 Augsburg 3rd C2 2014 22 June 2014 Prague 2nd C2 2015 5 July 2015 Liptovský Mikuláš 3rd C2 2018 30 June 2018 Kraków 3rd Mixed C2