Aneta Konieczek
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event3000m steeplechase
ClubWMLKS Nadodrze Powodowo

Aneta Konieczek (born 8 June 1997) is a Polish Olympic steeplechaser.

Career

In 2021, Konieczek won the gold medal at the Polish Seniors Athletics Championships in the 3000 m steeplechase race with a time of 9: 25.98, which ensured her participation in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. That is also a 3rd result in a Polish history. She is a PAC-12 champion and a meet record holder. In 2021 she got All-American in an indoor mile. Her sister Alicja Konieczek took second place at the Polish Senior Championships and also achieved the Olympic standard time.[1]

Konieczek ran the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase and finished twelfth in heat two in a time of 10.07:25.[2]

Personal life

She studied at Western Colorado University and at the University of Oregon. Her brother Dawid has competed in athletics at national level in Poland and university level in the US, and her sister Alicja is a fellow Olympic steeplechaser.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mountaineer alum Konieczek to represent Poland at 2021 Olympics". gomountaineers.com. Western Colorado University Athletics. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Athletics - KONIECZEK Aneta". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.


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