Anna Rostkowska

Anna Rostkowska

Personal information
Full name	Anna Zagórska-Rostkowska
Nationality	Poland
Born	(1980-07-26) 26 July 1980 (age 44) Lwówek Śląski, Poland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	KS Athletics Jakać Młoda
Coached by	Piotr Rostkowski
Achievements and titles
Personal best	800 m: 1:58.72 (2008)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Poland European Indoor Championships 2002 Vienna 4x400 m relay Universiade 2003 Jeju City 800 m European U23 Championships 2001 Amsterdam 800 m

Anna Rostkowska (née Zagórska; born 26 July 1980) is a Polish middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres.^[1] She won a gold medal for the 800 metres at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and silver at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Jeju City, South Korea.^[2][3] She also set a personal best time of 1:58.72 by finishing fourth at the 2008 ÅF Golden League in Saint-Denis, Paris.^[4]

Rostkowska made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's 800 metres. She ran in the first heat of the event, against six other athletes, including Russia's Svetlana Klyuka, who nearly missed out of the medal podium in the final. She came only in third place by five hundredths of a second (0.05) ahead of Great Britain's Jemma Simpson, with a time of 2:02.11. Rostkowska advanced into the next round of the competition, as she secured the final mandatory qualifying slot in the first heat.^[5] Rostkowska, however, fell short in her bid for the final, as she placed fifth in the second heat of the semifinal rounds, with a time of 1:58.84.^[6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna Rostkowska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
2. "Marzy o Atenach" [Dreaming of Athens] (in Polish). Wrocław Naszemiasto. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
3. "The Road to Kaunas: How the women's class of 2001 fared as seniors". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
4. Turner, Chris (18 July 2008). "Jelimo 1:54.97; Robles 12.88; Wariner 43.86 in Paris - ÅF Golden League, Paris". IAAF. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
5. "Women's 800m Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
6. "Women's 800m Semifinal 2". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

External links

• Anna Rostkowska at World Athletics
• NBC Olympics Profile