Alicja Konieczek

Alicja Konieczek

Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 27) Zbąszyń, Poland
Education	Western State Colorado University[1]
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	3000 metres steeplechase
University team	Western State Mountaineers
Club	Oś AZS Poznań (Poland) [2] (Boulder, Colorado)
Coached by	Dathan Ritzenhein
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  Poland European Team Championships 2021 Chorzów 3000 m steeplechase

Alicja Konieczek (born 2 November 1994) is a Polish Olympic runner specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase.^[3] In 2020 she joined sponsored by Swiss company On. She won the gold medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade and the Super League European Team Championships in Chorzow. Tokyo 2020 was her first Olympics, where she ran second fastest time of her career and took 20th place. in 2019, she participated at the IAAF World Championships in Qatar placing 28th.

Her younger sister Aneta is also a runner that currently is at the University of Oregon. She has multiply medals from the Polish Championships and a few Polish records in different age categories. Their older brother Dawid was also a runner that graduated from college in Colorado who has won several medals at the age National Championships and represented Poland internationally.

EDUCATION In 2014, Alicja started at the Western Colorado University where she graduated in 2019 with an summa cum laude honors in Exercise Sport Science.

International competitions[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	21st (h)	2000 m s'chase	6:55.31
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	21st (h)	3000 m s'chase	10:59.80
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	17th (h)	3000 m s'chase	9:41.16
2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:41.46
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	28th (h)	3000 m s'chase	9:44.96
2021	European Team Championships Super League	Chorzów, Poland	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:35.63
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	20th (h)	3000 m s'chase	9:31.79

Personal bests[]

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 2:15.16 (Biała Podlaska 2014)
• 1500 metres – 4:18.80 (Wałcz 2021)
• 3000 metres – 10:10.51 (Słubice 2014)
• 5000 metres – 15:53.56 (Phoenix 2021)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:27.79 (Poznan 2021)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 2:11.70 (Albuquerque 2020)
• mile – 4:37.42 (Birmingham, AL 2017)
• 3000 metres – 9:17:90 (Seattle, WA, 2017)

References[]

External links[]

• Alicja Konieczek at World Athletics
• Alicja Konieczek at Olympedia

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