Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś
Personal information
Birth nameKatarzyna Wójcicka
Born (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980
Sanok, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
CountryPoland
Sportspeed skating
ClubLKS Poroniec Poronin
Coached byKrzysztof Niedźwiedzki
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 0 1 0
Universiade 1 1 1
Total 0 2 2
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2010 VancouverTeam pursuit
World Single Distance Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 SochiTeam pursuit
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2007 TurinIndividual 1500 m
Silver medal – second place2007 TurinIndividual 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place2007 TurinIndividual 1000 m

Katarzyna Anna Bachleda-Curuś (née Wójcicka, born 1 January 1980) is a Polish speed skater, who was born in Sanok and resides in Zakopane.

Wójcicka is specialised in allround championships as she performs well on all distances, but almost never finishes among the best on a single distance. In Poland she is however one of the best skaters they ever had and she already won fifteen national titles. In 2005, she made a lot of progression and became twelfth at the European Allround Championships and fourteenth at the World Allround Championships. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing tenth at the 3000 metres, eighth at the 1000 metres, eleventh at the 1500 metres and sixteenth at the 5000 metres. A year later she returned to Turin to participate in the 2007 Winter Universiade, winning the gold medal at the 1500 metres. She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics in three events. She was disqualified at the 3000 m, finished 6th at the 1500 m and won silver at the team pursuit.

In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Lech Kaczyński.

Personal records

Personal records[1]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m39.0818 March 2006Olympic Oval, CalgaryPolish record until beaten by Kaja Ziomek on 2 March 2018.[2]
1000 m1:15.3913 December 2009Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake CityPolish record until beaten by Natalia Czerwonka on 25 February 2017.[3]
1500 m1:53.9516 November 2013Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake CityPolish record until beaten by Natalia Czerwonka on 10 March 2019.[4].
3000 m4:02.1215 November 2013Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake CityCurrent Polish record.[5]
5000 m7:14.4029 November 2013Alau Ice Palace, Astana

References

  1. ↑ "Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "National Records | Poland (POL) | Ladies 500m". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "National Records | Poland (POL) | Ladies 1000m". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "National Records | Poland (POL) | Ladies 1500m". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "National Records | Poland (POL)". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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