Anita Włodarczyk

Anita Włodarczyk

Anita Włodarczyk in 2009
Personal information
Nationality	Poland
Born	(1985-08-08) 8 August 1985 Rawicz, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	Skra Warsaw
Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for  Poland Olympic Games Silver 2012 London Hammer throw World Championships Gold 2009 Berlin Hammer throw Silver 2013 Moscow Hammer throw European Championships Gold 2014 Zürich Hammer throw Gold 2012 Helsinki Hammer throw Bronze 2010 Barcelona Hammer throw IAAF World Athletics Final Bronze 2008 Stuttgart Hammer throw European Team Championships Gold 2009 Leiria Hammer throw Competitor for Europe Continental Cup Gold 2014 Marrakech Hammer throw

Anita Włodarczyk (born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower and the world record holder with 79.58 m.

Włodarczyk won her first national U23 championships in 2007, and went on to compete in the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships, although she did not progress beyond the qualifying round. She finished sixth in the hammer throw competition at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Włodarczyk qualified for the 2008 World Athletics Final and won a bronze medal. The following year, she took part in the 2009 European Team Championships, winning her first gold medal at a major international competition.

Włodarczyk achieved a personal best throw of 76.20 metres, achieved in 30 May 2009 in Biała Podlaska, beating her previous record by 81 cm and improve 76.59 m in Golden Spike Ostrava. Prior to the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, she produced a national record-breaking performance in Cottbus, winning the competition with a world-leading 77.20 m throw. This was fourth longest throw by a woman in hammer throw.

On 22 August 2009 during the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany Włodarczyk set a world record with a throw of 77.96 metres (255 ft 9 in).^[2] Her season ended prematurely when she twisted her left ankle during her celebration.^[3]

She recovered and returned to competition with a performance at the Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar in April 2010 and she easily won her event with a throw of 75.13 m.^[4] In excellent form, she then proceeded to break her existing world record with a 78.30 m hammer throw at the Enea Cup in Bydgoszcz on 6 June 2010.^[5] She won the bronze at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and was ranked second overall for the season in the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, finishing behind Betty Heidler.^[6] She finished outside of the medals at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, coming fifth overall.

At the start of her 2012 season, she came third at the Ostrava Golden Spike and runner-up at the Prefontaine Classic.^[7]

For her sport achievements, she received:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2009.^[8]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	9th	63.74 m
2008	European Winter Throwing Cup	Split, Croatia	1st	71.84 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	6th	71.56 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	70.97 m
2009	European Team Championships	Leiria, Portugal	1st	75.23 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	77.96 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	73.56 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	73.56 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	74.29 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	77.60 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	78.46 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1st	78.76 m

References

External links

• Anita Włodarczyk profile at IAAF

Records
Preceded by Tatyana Lysenko Betty Heidler	Women's Hammer World Record Holder August 22, 2009 – May 21, 2011 August 31, 2014 –	Succeeded by Betty Heidler Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Valerie Adams	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 2014	Succeeded by Incumbent