Natalia Kaczmarek

Natalia Kaczmarek
	Kaczmarek at the Polish Championships in 2021
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	17 January 1998 (age 24)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	AZS-AWF Wrocław
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m: 50.72 (2021);
Medal record
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
European Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Indoor Championships
World Relays
European Team Championships
European U23 Championships

Natalia Kaczmarek (born 17 January 1998)^[1] is a Polish athlete sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was part of relays at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning a gold medal in the mixed 4x400m relay, and a silver in the women's 4x400m relay.

Career[]

She won in the 4x400 metres relays a silver medal at the 2018 World Indoor Championships and a gold at the 2018 European Championships, running in the heats. In the same event, Kaczmarek earned a bronze medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. In May, she secured a gold in the 400 metres at the European Team Championships, whose Super League events took place in Chorzów, Poland; she won her second gold medal with Polish 4x400 m relay team.

Kaczmarek won two medals at the delayed 2021's 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a gold with Poland's mixed relay team and a silver as a member of women's 4×400m relay; she ran in the respective finals. Kaczmarek also competed in the individual 400 m event, finishing fourth in her semi-final run to not advance into the final.

Achievements[]

International competitions[]

Representing Poland
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	9th (sf)	400 m	54.25
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	4×400 m mixed	3:24.64
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18th (sf)	400 m	54.32
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	6th	4×400 m	3:36.95
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	7th	400 m	54.27
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	4th	4×400 m	3:34.48
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd (heats)	4×400 m	3:32.07 ^{[n 1]}
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st (heats)	4×400 m	3:28.52 ^{[n 1]}
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	1st	400 m	52.34
2019	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	1st	4×400 m	3:32.56
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	3rd	4×400 m	3:29.94
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	2nd	4×400 m	3:28.81
	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	1st	400 m	51.36
	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	1st	4×400 m	3:26.37 EL
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	(sf)	400 m	50.79
			2nd	4×400 m	3:20.53 NR
			1st	4×400 m mixed	3:09.87 NR OR

^ ^a ^b Time from the heats; Kaczmarek was replaced in the final.

Personal bests[]

Event	Time (sec)	Notes	Venue	Date
400 metres	50.72		Poznań, Poland	25 June 2021
400 metres indoor	52.82 i		Toruń, Poland	20 February 2021
4 x 400 metres	3:20.53	NR^[2]	Tokyo, Japan	7 August 2021

References[]

^ "Natalia KACZMAREK – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Athletics - Final Results - Women's 4 x 400m Relay (Tokyo 2020)". IOC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

External links[]

Natalia Kaczmarek at World Athletics
Natalia Kaczmarek at European Athletic Association (archived)
Natalia Kaczmarek at Olympedia

[heats-2] Time from the heats; Kaczmarek was replaced in the final.

[1] "Natalia KACZMAREK – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Athletics - Final Results - Women's 4 x 400m Relay (Tokyo 2020)". IOC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

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