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]
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| Full name | Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1996 Suwałki, Poland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Tomasz Andrejczyk (father) Małgorzata Andrejczyk (mother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Maria-Andrejczyk.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | LUKS Hańcza Suwałki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Marcin Rosengarten (since 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Karol Sikorski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | NR 71.40 m (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAndrejczyk 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
editSince the end of 2018, Andrejczyk has been in a relationship with the Polish trainer Marcin Rosengarten.[6]
Philanthropy
editMaria Andrejczyk auctioned off her Tokyo Olympic silver medal to help fund the heart surgery of an 8-month-old baby. Żabka, a Polish store chain won the auction and returned her the medal.[7]
Competition record
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Poland
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| 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 |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 10th | Javelin throw | 58.29 m |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 8th | Javelin throw | 62.44 m | |
References
edit- ^ Polish 2016 Olympic team at the Polish Olympic Committee website
- ^ "Mieszkanka Sejn najlepszą oszczepniczką Europy" (in Polish). suwalking.pl. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ Maria Andrejczyk at World Athletics
- ^ "Niesamowity rzut Marii Andrejczyk. Rekord Polski" (in Polish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Athletics – Final Results". Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Dowiedzieliśmy się, kim jest partner Marii Andrejczyk. To wiele wyjaśnia" (in Polish). Sport SP. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Olympian Maria Andrejczyk auctions off medal to help pay for infant's heart surgery". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
External links
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- Maria Andrejczyk at World Athletics
- Maria Andrejczyk at European Athletics
- Maria Andrejczyk at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)
- Maria Andrejczyk at Olympedia
- Maria Andrejczyk at Olympics.com
- Maria Andrejczyk at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)