Dorota Gruca
Dorota Gruca (temporarily Gruca-Giezek ; born December 5, 1970 in Tarnogród , Powiat Biłgorajski ) is a Polish long-distance runner .
She was Polish champion three times over 5000 m (1995, 1998, 1999), six times over 10,000 m (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004) and four times in the half marathon (1996, 2000, 2001).
In 2000 she won the premiere of the Poznan Marathon , and in 2001 she was third in the Berlin Half Marathon , eighth in the Twin Cities Marathon and won the Richmond Marathon . In 2002 she came third at the Nagano and Monaco marathons . In 2003 she won the Ruhr Marathon and Richmond. In 2004 she was the winner of the Maratón Pacífico in Mazatlán with 2:28:49 h for the first time under two and a half hours. In 2005 she won the Salt Lake City Marathon , finished 13th in the Marathon of the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and was third in the Greifensee run and the Las Vegas Marathon .
In 2006 she finished second in the Houston Marathon half marathon , sixth in the Osaka Women's Marathon and eighth in the Singapore Marathon , in 2007 second in the Amsterdam Marathon, and in 2008 third in the Nagano Marathon and second in the 10K Ottawa Race Weekend . In the marathon of the Olympic Games in Beijing , she finished 30th. In 2009 she was third in the San Antonio Marathon , and in 2010 she won the Dębno Marathon and in Las Vegas.
At the 1997 Summer Biathlon World Championships in Krakow , Gruca started alongside Magdalena Grzywa , Iwona Grzywa and Adrianna Babik in the relay race and won the bronze medal with them as the final runner.
Dorota Gruca is 1.59 m tall and weighs 46 kg. She starts for the KS Agros Zamość club.
Personal bests
- 3000 m : 9: 09.57 min, May 30, 1998, Lublin
- 5000 m: 15: 18.75 min, June 27, 2004, Los Angeles
- 10,000 m: 31: 52.2 min, May 8, 2004, Police
- 10 km road run : 32:44 min, July 4, 2004, Atlanta
- Half marathon : 1:11:56 h, April 1, 2001, Berlin
- Marathon: 2:27:46 h, August 14, 2005, Helsinki
Web links
- Official website
- Dorota Gruca in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Athlete portrait on bieganie.pl
- Dorota Gruca in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Polish Championships
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruca, Dorota |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gruca-Giezek, Dorota |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish long-distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tarnogród , Powiat Biłgorajski |