Sport: Canoe/Kayak
Event: Kayak slalom (K1)
Age: 22 (born Sept. 13, 1993)
Hometown: Gastonia, N.C.
Social: @instapaddler on Instagram; @michalsmolen on Twitter
Resume: Bronze medal at 2015 world championships, gold medal at 2015 Pan American Games, gold medal at 2014 under-23 world championships.
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Need to know: Smolen was born in Poland and has lived in the U.