Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska
Personal information
Full namePaulina Agata Brzeźna-Bentkowska
BornPaulina Agata Brzeźna
(1981-09-10) 10 September 1981
Środa Śląska, Poland
Team information
Current teamATOM Deweloper Posciellux.pl Wrocław
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2005–2006Peugeot Andrzej Kita
2011–2012Ogniwo Dzierżoniów
2012Dura Vermeer Cycling Team (guest)
2013–2015TKK Pacific Torun–Nestlé Fitness
2016–2017MAT ATOM Sobótka
Professional teams
2003–2004Bonda–Lukowski
2007–2008AA-Drink Cycling Team
2009–2010Red Sun Cycling Team
Managerial team
2016–MAT ATOM Sobótka
Major wins
Stage races
Gracia–Orlová (2014)
3 individual stages (2013, 2014)

Single-day races

National Road Race Championships (2005, 2008)

Paulina Agata Brzeźna-Bentkowska (née Brzeźna; born 10 September 1981) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2017. She is a part-team owner of UCI Women's Continental Team ATOM Deweloper Posciellux.pl Wrocław with her husband, former professional cyclist Paweł Bentkowski,[1] and also acts as a directeur sportif for the team.

During her career, Brzeźna-Bentkowska specialised as an all-rounder, with good climbing performances. She placed high overall and won stages in stage races such as the Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska and Gracia–Orlová, winning the general classification of the latter in 2014. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, taking 8th place in the elite women road race and marking the most successful result in the history of Polish women's cycling at the time. She won the Polish National Road Race Championships twice, and finished in the top-ten placings in the road race at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships.

Personal life

As well as her husband,[1] Brzeźna-Bentkowska's uncle Jan Brzeźny and sister Monika Brzeźna have competed professionally in cycling.[2][3]

Major results

1998
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
1999
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2001
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2002
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2003
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
2004
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2005
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2006
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
4th Sparkassen Giro
6th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin
8th Overall Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa
2007
6th GP Stad Roeselare
2008
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
4th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin
1st Stage 2
8th Road race, Summer Olympics
2009
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
2010
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2011
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
7th Overall Gracia–Orlová
2012
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2013
1st Stage 3 Gracia–Orlová
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
5th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
2014
1st Overall Gracia-Orlová
1st Stages 1 & 3
2015
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
7th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
1st Stage 1
2016
8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria[4]
9th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław z licencją UCI" [Mat Atom Developer Wrocław with a UCI license]. LZS.pl (in Polish). Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Brylla, Wolfgang (11 April 2017). "Paula, już tęsknimy!" [Paula, we miss you already!]. Rowery.org (in Polish). Łukasz Rżanek. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Gruszeczka, Mateusz (30 April 2020). "Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska: "Nie wyobrażałam sobie, żeby nie wystartować w mistrzostwach Polski"" [Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska: "I couldn't imagine not taking part in the Polish championship"]. Rowerowa.pl (in Polish). F.H.U. Teanka Andrzej Kramarczyk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Guarnier wins Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria". cyclingnews.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tour de Feminin: Race Overview". Orica–AIS. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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