Maria Andrejczyk

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Maria Andrejczyk
File:Maria Andrejczyk 20190810.jpg
Andrejczyk in 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28)
Suwałki, Poland[1]
Residence Sejny, Poland[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Website Maria-Andrejczyk.com
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Javelin throw
Club LUKS Hańcza Suwałki
Partner Marcin Rosengarten (since 2018)
Coached by Karol Sikorski
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) NR 71.40 m (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw
European Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bydgoszcz Javelin throw
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Eskilstuna Javelin throw
Updated on 12 August 2019.

Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarja anˈdrɛjtʂɨk]; born 9 March 1996) is a Polish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.[3] She is the 2020 Summer Olympics silver medalist and 2015 European Junior Champion. Her personal best of 71.40 m, set in 2021, is the Polish record as well as the third best result in the history of the women's javelin throw competition.[4]

Career

Andrejczyk competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.

Andrejczyk represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On 16 August 2016, she achieved her personal best and a new Polish national record – 67.11 metres – while competing in the qualifying round. She went on to finish fourth in the final, missing out on a bronze medal by just two centimetres.

Soon after the Olympics she underwent an operation on the injured shoulder and lost the entire 2017 season. She returned to competition in June 2018 but could not build a good enough form for the 2018 European Championships in Berlin. The next season marked an improvement as she finished second at the 2019 European Team Championships Super League held on home soil in Bydgoszcz and qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where, however, she was eliminated in the qualifying round.

In the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Andrejczyk won the silver medal in the Women's Javelin Throw.[5]

Personal life

Since the end of 2018, Andrejczyk has been in a relationship with the Polish trainer Marcin Rosengarten.[6]

Philanthropy

Maria Andrejczyk auctioned off her Tokyo Olympic silver medal to help fund the heart surgery of an 8-month-old baby. Zabka, a Polish store chain won the auction and returned her the medal.[7]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Poland
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 26th (q) Javelin throw (500 g) 45.14 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 5th Javelin throw 53.66 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 1st Javelin throw 59.73 m
World Championships Beijing, China 28th (q) Javelin throw 56.75 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 13th (q) Javelin throw 57.93 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th Javelin throw 64.78 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 22nd (q) Javelin throw 57.68 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd Javelin throw 64.61 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 21st (q) Javelin throw 55.47 m

References

  1. ↑ Polish 2016 Olympic team at the Polish Olympic Committee website
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  3. ↑ Maria Andrejczyk profile at IAAF
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