Maja Włoszczowska

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Maja Martyna Włoszczowska Road cycling
Maja Włoszczowska (2005)
Maja Włoszczowska (2005)
To person
Date of birth 9th November 1983 (age 36)
nation PolandPoland Poland
discipline Mountain bike
Most important successes
Olympic games
silver Cross Country 2008
World championships
silver Mountain bike world championships for juniors 2000
Jersey rainbow.svg World champion mountain bike marathon 2003
Jersey rainbow.svg World Champion Cross Country 2010
Last updated: March 22, 2019

Maja Martyna Włoszczowska (born November 9, 1983 in Warsaw ) is a Polish mountain bike marathon rider.

Career

She started cycling in Karpacz , her coach was Zdzisław Szmit . In 1999 she became the Polish road climbing champion. Maja Włoszczowska had her first major success in 2000 with second place at the World Junior Championships in the Spanish Sierra Nevadas . In 2002 she began studying financial mathematics at the Wrocław University of Technology ( Politechnika Wrocławska ) in the Department of Fundamental Problems of Technology . A short time later she became a member of the Polish lottery team, but continued to study and graduated after five and a half years.

In 2003 she became the first female mountain bike marathon world champion . In 2007 Lotto ended its support and Maja Włoszczowska's new team became the MTB Halls team . Today she starts together with the Swiss Jolanda Neff for the Liv Pro XC Team .

At the 2008 Summer Olympics , she won the silver medal behind Sabine Spitz .

In June 2015 she was third at the European Games in Baku.

In July 2018, the then 34-year-old Polish woman won her fourth World Cup victory after six years in Val di Sole (Italy) ahead of the Canadian Emily Batty and the Swiss Jolanda Neff .

Awards

Sporting successes

Gdynia 2005
On the podium in Gdynia (2005)

Below is a selection of Maja Włoszczowska's greatest achievements.

1996
  • 2nd place at the Polish amateur championships Family Cup in the youth category ( młodziczka )
1997
  • 1st place at the Polish Amateur Championships Family Cup in the youth category
1998
  • 1st place in the Grand Prix MTB in the young juniors category ( juniorka młodsza )
1999
  • 1st place at the Polish championships in road climbing.
2000
  • 2nd place at the Junior World Championships in Sierra Nevada (Spain)
  • 2nd place at the Polish Junior Championships
2001
  • 1st place at the Junior European Championships in St. Wendel (Germany)
  • 1st place at the Polish Junior Championships
  • 2nd place at the Junior World Championships in Vail (USA)
  • 3rd place at the Junior Road World Championships in Lisbon
2002
  • 3rd place at the Polish championships
2003
  • 2nd place at the Polish championships
  • 1st place at the Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Lugano (Switzerland)
2004
  • 1st place at the SkodaAuto GP MTB in Bukowina Tatrzańska
  • 2nd place at the Polish MTB Championships
  • 1st place at the Polish MTB Championships
  • 2nd place at the World Championships in Les Gets (France)
2005
  • 2nd place at the World Championships in Livigno (Italy)
  • 1st place at the Polish MTB Championships in Olsztyn
  • 2nd place in the Polish Mountain Bike Marathon Championships
  • 2nd place at the MTB European Championships in Kluisbergen (Belgium)
  • 1st place at the SkodaAuto GP MTB in Polanica-Zdrój, Szczawno-Zdrój, Głuchołazy
  • 2nd place at the SkodaAuto GP MTB in Mrągowo and Gdynia
2006
  • 1st place at the Polish road championships in the individual time trial and in the group start
  • 1st place each at the SkodaAuto GP MTB in Czarnków, Chodzież and Książ
2007
  • 1st place in the SkodaAuto GP MTB in Chodzież, Warsaw, Nałęczów
  • 2nd place in the SkodaAuto GP MTB in Szczawno Zdrój and Białystok
  • Polish champion in group start on the road
  • 2nd place in the Polish Mountain Bike Marathon Championships
  • Polish champion in mountain biking
  • 2nd place at the world championships in group MTB in Fort William

Web links

Commons : Maja Włoszczowska  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maja Włoszczowska. November 28, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2019 (Polish).
  2. ^ Olgierd Kwiatkowski: Maja Włoszczowska: Tybet? Myślałam o zgoleniu głowy ... Sport.pl, April 21, 2008, accessed on November 29, 2013 .
  3. ^ Liv Pro XC Women's Team
  4. ↑ Maja Włoszczowska: Another World Cup victory in Val di Sole after six years (July 8, 2018)
  5. ↑ Maja Włoszczowska's website, Kalendarz i wyniki , accessed on Aug. 24, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Włoszczowska, Maja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Włoszczowska, Maja Martyna (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish mountain bike marathon rider
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw