Katarzyna Furmanek

Katarzyna Furmanek

nation

Poland

birthday

19th February 1996 (age 24)

place of birth

Poland

Career

discipline

Hammer throw

Best performance

72.64 m (May 18, 2019 in Kielce )

society

KKL Kielce

Trainer

Grzegorz Furmanek

National squad

since 2015

status

active

Medal table

Summer Universiade	0 ×	0 ×	1 ×
U20 European Championships	0 ×	0 ×	1 ×

Universiade
bronze	Naples 2019	69.68 m
Junior European Championships
bronze	Eskilstuna 2015	63.80 m

last change: August 24, 2019

Katarzyna Furmanek (born February 19, 1996 ) is a Polish hammer thrower .

Athletic career

For the first time at a major international event, Katarzyna Furmanek competed in 2013 at the World Youth Championships in Donetsk , where she finished sixth with 66.64 m. Then she retired at the Junior European Championships in Rieti with 57.34 m in qualification. In the following year she reached seventh place at the Junior World Championships in Eugene with a width of 61.93 m, before winning the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden, with 63.80 m. In 2017 she finished sixth at the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz with 66.45 m and in 2019 she won the bronze medal at the Summer Universiade in Naples with 69.68 m behind Ukrainian Iryna Klymez and her compatriot Malwina Kopron .