Katarzyna Grzybowska

Katarzyna Grzybowska
Nation:	Poland
Place of birth:	Siedlce
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand (attack)
Current world rankings :	29
Best world ranking :	28 (June 2018)

Katarzyna Grzybowska-Franc (born April 30, 1989 in Siedlce ) is a Polish table tennis player . In 2018 she won bronze in singles at the European Championships .

Career

Grzybowska appeared internationally for the first time in 2007, when she won the bronze medal with the team at both the Youth World Cup and the European Championship. In 2008, however, she only took part in the Team World Cup and reached the round of 16 with the team.

In 2009 she took part in her first European Championship for adults and was able to win silver with the team. In the individual she failed prematurely. At the 2010 World Cup , she came with the team again in the round of 16, where they failed to favorite China . At the European Championships she won bronze with the team, so far she has not been able to achieve any great success in individual.

In 2011, the Pole took part in her first individual World Championship, but failed in the first round to Ding Ning . In doubles, she made it to the round of 16 alongside Katarzyna Stefanska .

Because of her achievements, she qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games , was only used with the team by the Polish Federation, where Grzybowska at least made it to the quarter-finals. She was also able to achieve this position at the European Championships.

In 2013 she took part in the World Cup, but lost again in the singles in the first round, while she reached the second round in doubles.

2014 was a relatively successful year for the Polish woman, at the World Tour Grand Finals she won with Natalia Partyka Siler and thus achieved the best placement of a Polish player at this tournament. At the Team World Cup, they failed in the group.

In 2015 she played at the European Games , and reached the second round in the individual.

In 2016, she and her team took part in the World Cup, where they came in 17th. She was also not allowed to take part in the Olympic Games and came back to 9th place with the team. In 2017, she and Natalia Partyka reached the second round of the World Cup in doubles;

In 2018 she won her first medal at the European Championships in individual, namely the bronze medal.

Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
POLE	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY				Quarter finals
POLE	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA				Quarter finals
POLE	European Games	2015	Baku	ASE	last 48			Quarter finals
POLE	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				20th place
POLE	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				10th place
POLE	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	last 32	last 32
POLE	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				Quarter finals
POLE	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 128	last 16	last 16
POLE	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				last 16
POLE	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	last 16	Quarter finals
POLE	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				17th place
POLE	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 128	last 32	last 64
POLE	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				last 16
POLE	European Championship	2009	Stuttgart	GER	last 64	last 64		silver
POLE	European Championship	2010	Ostrava	CZE	last 128	last 32		bronze
POLE	European Championship	2011	Danzig	POLE	last 64	last 16		Quarter finals
POLE	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	last 64	Quarter finals
POLE	European Championship	2013	Schwechat	AUT	last 64	last 16		Quarter finals
POLE	European Championship	2014	Lisbon	POR				bronze
POLE	European Championship	2015	Ekaterinburg	RUS	last 32	Quarter finals		Quarter finals
POLE	European Championship	2016	Budapest	HUN	last 64	last 16	last 16
POLE	European Championship	2017	Luxembourg	LUX				Quarter finals
POLE	European Championship	2018	Alicante	ESP	Semifinals	last 32	last 32
POLE	World Tour Grand Finals	2014	Bangkok	THA		silver
POLE	Youth World Championship	2006	Cairo	EGY	last 32	last 32	last 64
POLE	Youth World Championship	2007	Palo Alto	ITA	last 32	last 16	last 32	bronze
POLE	European youth championship	2005	Prague	CZE	last 64	last 32	last 64	Quarter finals
POLE	European youth championship	2007	Bratislava	SVK	last 32	last 16	last 32	bronze

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poland Women (table tennis) - list of players World Cup 2018. Accessed on October 19, 2018 (German). 
2. ↑ EM 2018 current: Boll wins EM single title number seven - tischtennis.de. Retrieved October 19, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Grzybowska (-Franc), Katarzyna. Retrieved February 6, 2020 . 

Web links

• Katarzyna Grzybowska in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 20, 2018)