Anna Kiełbasińska

Anna Kiełbasińska (pronounced [ˈanna kʲɛwbaˈɕij̃ska]; born 26 June 1990)[2] is a Polish sprinter who competed occasionally also in hurdling events. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metres as well as silver medals in the 4 x 100 m and 4 x 400 m relays at the 2022 European Championships. Kiełbasińska earned bronze for the 400 m at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. She won several major medals as part of Polish 4 x 400 m relay teams and also individual medals at European Under-20 and U23 Championships.

Anna Kiełbasińska
Kiełbasińska at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Born (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990
Warszawa, Poland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprinting
ClubSKLA Sopot (2016–)
AZS-AWF Warszawa(2009–2015)
Polonia Warszawa (2005–2008)[1]
Coached byJarosław Skrzyszowski
(Laurent Meuwly)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m: 50.28 (2022)
  • Indoors
  • 400 m: 51.10 (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo4×400 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Doha4×400 m relay
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Kraków-Małopolska4×400 m mixed
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Munich4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2022 Munich4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2022 Munich400 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Glasgow4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2023 Istanbul400 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Istanbul4×400 m relay
World Relay Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Yokohama4×400 m relay
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Bydgoszcz4×400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Ostrava200 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 Ostrava100 m
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2009 Novi Sad4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2009 Novi Sad200 m
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Wuhan4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2015 Mungyeong200 m
Bronze medal – third place2019 Wuhan200 m
Kiełbasińska at the Leichtathletik Gala in Linz, Austria in 2018

Kiełbasińska represented Poland at the Summer Olympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and at the World Athletics Championships in 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022. She won more than 10 individual Polish national titles.

Career

Anna Kiełbasińska won the gold medal for the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2019 European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, alongside Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik and Justyna Święty-Ersetic.

At 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, she won the silver medal for the women's 4 x 400 m relay, running in the heats. The team consisted of Hołub-Kowalik, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz, Święty-Ersetic and Baumgart-Witan.

Just five months before the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, she underwent surgery to fix a broken navicular bone in her ankle. The third-grade fracture was fixed with two screws.[3] Despite this, at the Games she helped Poland to victory in the heats of the women’s 4 x 400 m relay, earning the silver medal alongside Baumgart-Witan, Hołub-Kowalik, Święty-Ersetic and Natalia Kaczmarek.[4]

In February 2022, Kiełbasińska set a new Polish indoor record in the 400 metres in a time of 51.10 seconds at a meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[5][6]

She is based in Poland, but joins Dutch athletes, who are under the guidance of coach Laurent Meuwly, on training camps about four times a year.[3]

Kiełbasińska suffers from alopecia areata, an auto-immune disease.[7]

Statistics

International competitions
Representing  Poland
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:39.26
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th 200m 23.95
6th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.73
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd 200 m 23.75
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 45.12
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 100 m 11.77
1st 200 m 23.23
7th 4 × 100 m relay 44.67
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 25th (h) 200 m 23.34
– 4 × 100 m relay DNF
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 31st (h) 200 m 23.67
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 17th (sf) 60 m i 7.31
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 21st (sf) 200 m 23.07
11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.20
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea 2nd 200 m 23.33
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 14th (sf) 200 m 23.36
7th 4 × 100 m relay 43.24
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th (h) 200 m 22.95
12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.33
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 25th (h) 200 m 23.48
DécaNation Angers, France 2nd 100 m 11.46
2nd 200 m 23.68
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 15th (sf) 60 m i 7.23
European Championships Berlin, Germany 14th (sf) 200 m 23.29
6th 4 × 100 m relay 43.34
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 4 × 400 m relay i 3:28.77
World Relays Yokohama, Japan 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.49
World Championships Doha, Qatar 34th (h) 400 m 52.25
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.781
Military World Games Wuhan, China 3rd 200 m 23.33
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.84
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 4 x 400 m relay 3:23.101
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 8th 400 m 50.81
European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd 400 m 50.29
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.61 NR
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.68 SB
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd 400 m i 51.25 SB
3rd 4 x 400 m relay i 3:29.31

1Time from the heats; Kiełbasińska was replaced in the final.

Personal bests

National titles

References
  1. "Anna K – Athlete profile". Polish Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. "Anna KIEŁBASIŃSKA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. Dennehy, Cathal (17 March 2023). "Anna Kielbasinska: "I want to break the 50-second barrier"". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. Phillips, Mitch (7 August 2021). "Athletics-Eleven medals for Felix as stellar U.S. team take 4x400m glory". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. "Nowy halowy rekord Polski w biegu na 400 m! Wielka chwila Anny Kiełbasińskiej" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. "Kielbasinska clocks world-leading 51.10 in Ostrava". World Athletics. 3 February 2022. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  7. Anna Kiełbasińska ma łysienie plackowate. Jastrzab Zdrowie (2 March 2016). Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
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