She made her debut at an international championship at the Junior World Championships 2007 in Mladá Boleslav , where she could reach the quarter-finals as the best result over 1500 m. A little later she started in Milan for the first time in the adult division at a world championship , but could not survive the heats there. In the following two winters, Bzura started mostly in lower-class competitions, but took part in the 2009 Junior World Championship, where she was able to move into a semi-finals for the first time. She finally experienced her breakthrough in the 2009/10 season . She made her debut in the World Cup in Seoul and reached the 1500 m quarter-finals twice in a total of three World Cup appearances. At the European Championships in Dresden she ran her best title fights so far. In the 1500 m and 3000 m, she narrowly missed a medal in fourth and finished eighth in the all-around competition. In Sofia she also reached a World Cup semi-finals for the first time at the World Cup over 1500 m. Bzura qualified for the Olympics in Vancouver . There she reached the quarter-finals over 1000 m, over 1500 m she was disqualified in the preliminary run. In the 2010/11 season , Bzura was able to improve further in the World Cup. She reached the semi-finals in a total of five races over 1500 m. At the European Championships in Heerenveen she also made it into the semi-finals over 1500 m. In Warsaw she started in the team at the home world championship , where she finished eighth and last. At the European Short Track Championships in 2013 in Malmö , she won the bronze medal with the relay over 3000 m.
Personal bests
500 m 44.930 sec. (installed on January 23, 2010 in Dresden)
1000 m 1: 31.312 min. (installed on November 15, 2013 in Kolomna)
1500 m 2: 23.818 min. (installed on March 19, 2010 in Sofia)
3000 m 5: 08.838 min. (installed on October 20, 2013 in Bormio)
Web links
Paula Bzura in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Paula Bzura in the database of ShorttrackOnLine.info (English)
Poland
