Katarzyna Kowalska
Katarzyna Kowalska (born April 7, 1985 in Lipno ) is a Polish long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 meter obstacle course . She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and reached the final at the 2009 World Athletics Championships . She also participated in the 2006 European Championships and 2007 World Championships .
She was 39th at the U23 European Championships. When she was under 23 she won numerous medals, including two golds at the U23 European Championships and one bronze at the European Cross Country Championships .
Career
Her first international competition was the 2004 Junior World Championships, where she was fourth in her rounds. Kowalska won gold at the U23 European Athletics Championships in 2005. In 2006 she won bronze at the European Cup and at the European Championships achieved a personal best of 9: 42.50 minutes in qualifying before she reached the final in ninth place. She represented Europe at the World Cup over the 5000 meters in Athens, where she was the last to cross the finish line. She also ran at the European Cross Country Championships in 2006 , where she was ninth in the individual and second with the team. She won the gold medal at the 2007 European Cup and defended her title at the U23 European Championships. Also in 2007 at the World Championships, she was only eleventh. In December of the same year at the European Cross Country Championships , she won bronze in the individual and team. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games where she finished eleventh. With her new personal best of 9: 26.93 min, Kowalska reached the finals at the World Championships for the first time as a senior and was twelfth. At the 2009 World Athletics Finals, she was eighth. 2010 at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships was 36TE and at the European Cross Country Championships Tenth.
Web links
- Katarzyna Kowalska in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Katarzyna Kowalska in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Kowalska, Katarzyna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish obstacle runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lipno |