Polish athlete (born 1998)
Weronika Lizakowska
Nationality Poland Born (1998-11-02 ) 2 November 1998 (age 25) Sport Athletics Event 1500m Personal best(s) 800m 2:04.56 (Gdansk, 2023)1500m 4:07.97 (Ostrava, 2023)One Mile 4:28.62 (Bydgoszcz, 2023)One Mile Road 4:37.04 (Riga, 2023)
Weronika Lizakowska (born 2 November 1998) is a Polish track and field athlete who competes as a middle-distance runner .[1]
Early life
Lizakowdska graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Gdańsk .[2]
Career
Junior career
In 2015, Lizakowska took first place in the 1500m run at the 21st National Youth Olympics held in Łódź .[3] In 2016, she competed at the 2016 European Cross Country Championships that took place in Chia , Sardinia , Italy.[4] She was selected for the Polish team to compete in the 1500m at the European U20 Championships held in Grosseto , Italy in 2017.[5] She won gold over 3km in 2018 at the Polish Academic Championships.[6]
Senior career
Competing for the Kościerzyna Student Sports Club, Remus Kościerzyna, she finished third at the Polish national championships in 2022 in the 10,000m .[7] In February 2023, she finished third in the Polish indoor national championships in Ostrava , running a new personal best.[8] Subsequently, she was selected for the Polish team to compete at the European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Istanbul .[9] In August 2023, she finished fourth in the 1500 metres at the University Games , held in Chengdu , China.[10]
In October 2023, she finished thirteenth at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga , running 4:37.04 in the mile road race.[11]
Personal life
Alongside her running career, she works part-time as a private mathematics teacher and by March 2023 was undertaking a master's degree in Pedagogy .[12]
International competitions
References
^ "Weronika Lizakowska" . World Athletics . Retrieved March 25, 2023 .
^ Gac, Artur. "The Pole put on a real show! "I wanted to take dirty advantage of my friends" " . interia.pl .
^ "WERONIKA LIZAKOWSKA IS POLISH CHAMPION!" . Koscierzyna24 . 11 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
^ Wajer, Maciej. "Weronika Lizakowska at the European Championships in Italy" . Fziennikbaltycki.pl . Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
^ Wajer, Maciej (18 July 2017). "Weronika Lizakowska at the European Championships" . Fziennikbaltycki.pl . Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
^ Lehmann, Ania (27 March 2018). "Weronika Lizakowska with gold at the Polish Academic Championships" . koscierski.info . Retrieved March 25, 2023 .
^ "Weronika Lizakowska is the bronze medalist of the Polish Championships in the 10 km run" . Koscierski.info . 26 April 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
^ "Lizakowska's very good 1500 m run in Ostrava. A Polish woman's personal record" . sport.tvp . 2 February 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
^ Rusiecki, Rafał (23 February 2023). "Four players from Pomerania in the Polish national team for the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, March 2-5, 2023" . Koscierzyna.naszemiasto.pl . Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
^ "Weronika Lizakowska takes fourth place at the Summer Universiade in China!" . Koscierzyna24.info . 11 August 2023.
^ "LIZAKOWSKA BLISKA PUNKTÓW DO RANKINGU OLIMPIJSKIEGO PODCZAS MŚ W BIEGACH ULICZNYCH W RYDZE" . pzla.pl . 1 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
^ Mateusz, Mateusz (March 2, 2023). "Unusual work by the Polish representative. She earns extra money this way even during training camps" . sportowefakty . Retrieved 25 October 2023 .
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