![]() Jóźwik in 2015 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Wałbrzych, Poland | 30 January 1991
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Poland |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 metres |
Club | AZS-AWF Katowice (2019–2023) AZS-AWF Warszawa (2013–2018) KKS Victoria Stalowa Wola (2006–2012) |
Coached by | Jakub Ogonowski, Andrzej Wołkowycki, Stanisław Anioł |
Retired | 2023 |
Joanna Jóźwik (born 30 January 1991 in Wałbrzych) is a retired Polish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. Indoors, at the European Indoor Championships, Jóźwik earned bronze in 2015 and silver in 2021.
She placed fifth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Jóżwik is the Polish indoor record holder for the 800 m, and won four national titles over the distance.
Biography
[edit]On 16 August 2014, Joanna Jóźwik won the bronze medal in the 800 metres at the European Championships held in Zürich.
Her personal outdoor best for this distance is 1:57.37, set in the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics.[1][2] After placing fifth in that final in a race she declared herself the silver medalist stating, "I'm glad I'm the first European, and the second white" [3]
Statistics
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Noite_de_atletismo_no_Engenh%C3%A3o_1038899-18.08.2016_ffz-7567.jpg/220px-Noite_de_atletismo_no_Engenh%C3%A3o_1038899-18.08.2016_ffz-7567.jpg)
International competitions
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]Event | Performance | Place | Date | Notes |
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200 metres | 24.16 | ![]() |
22 July 2014 | |
200 metres indoor | 24.96 | ![]() |
7 February 2015 | |
400 metres | 53.08 | ![]() |
6 September 2014 | |
400 metres indoor | 54.13 | ![]() |
6 February 2019 | |
600 metres | 1:25.04 | ![]() |
9 August 2015 | |
800 metres | 1:57.37 | ![]() |
20 August 2016 | |
800 metres indoor | 1:59.29 | ![]() |
10 February 2017 | NR |
1000 metres | 2:34.93 | ![]() |
28 July 2016 | |
1000 metres indoor | 2:42.36 | ![]() |
26 January 2014 |
National titles
[edit]- Polish Athletics Championships
- 800 metres: 2014, 2015, 2020
- 4 × 400 m relay: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
- Polish Indoor Athletics Championships
- 800 metres: 2021
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships – women's 800 metres result – european-athletics.org – 16 August 2014.
- ^ Brązowy medal Joanny Jóźwik! – sport.wp.pl – 16 August 2014.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: 'I'm glad I'm the first European' – Olympian shocks with 'racist' remarks". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Joanna Jóźwik at World Athletics
- Joanna Jóźwik at European Athletics
- Joanna Jóźwik at Diamond League
- Joanna Jóźwik at the Polish Athletic Association (in Polish)
- Joanna Jóźwik at Olympics.com