Pia Skrzyszowska

Pia Skrzyszowska (born 20 April 2001)[2] is a Polish athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She won gold medals in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Championships and 2021 European Under-23 Championships.

Pia Skrzyszowska
Pia Skrzyszowska in 2022
Personal information
Born (2001-04-20) 20 April 2001
Warsaw, Poland
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m hurdles
ClubAZS-AWF Warszawa (2019–)
OKS Skra Warszawa (–2018)[1]
Coached byJarosław Skrzyszowski (2019–)
Przemysław Radkiewicz (-2018)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
World Relays
Silver medal – second place2021 Chorzów4×100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Munich100 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place2022 Munich4×100 m relay
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–Małopolska 100 m hurdles
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tallinn100 m hurdles
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Borås100 m hurdles

Skrzyszowska was the 2019 European U20 Championship 100 m hurdles silver medallist. She is a three-time Polish national champion.

Career

Pia Skrzyszowska's mother, Jolanta Bartczak, is a former Olympic long jumper and 1988 European Indoor Championship bronze medallist.[3]

The 18-year-old won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 European Under-20 Championships held in Borås, Sweden.[2]

Still 19, she finished fifth in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2021 European Indoor Championships on home soil in Toruń. She won the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the European Under-23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia that year.[2]

In 2022, Skrzyszowska became triple Polish national champion.[2] At the European Athletics Championships held in August in Munich, she claimed her first major senior title, with gold in the 100 m hurdles in a time of 12.53 seconds.[2] She added silver for the women's 4 × 100 m relay alongside Anna Kiełbasińska, Marika Popowicz-Drapała and Ewa Swoboda.

In her 2023 season's debut on 29 January, Skrzyszowska won the 60 m hurdles at the ISTAF Indoor Düsseldorf in Germany in a personal best of 7.84 seconds.[4] Just a few days later, she produced a world-leading 7.78 s at the Orlen Cup on home soil in Łódź to come within hundredth of a second of Polish record set by Zofia Bielczyk in 1980.[5] At the 2023 European Games Pia Skrzyszowska triumphed in the women’s 100 metres hurdles in Chorzów, clocking a personal season’s best of 12.77 seconds,

Achievements

Personal bests

International competitions
Representing  Poland
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2017 Youth Olympic Festival Győr, Hungary – 100 m hurdles
(76.2 cm)		 DNF
6th 4 × 100 m relay 47.84
2018 European U18 Championships Győr, Hungary 13th (sf) 100 m 11.94
8th 200 m 24.63
World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 5th 4 × 100 m relay 44.61 SB
Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina 6th 200 m 48.461
2019 European U20 Championships Borås, Sweden 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.35
6th 4 × 100 m relay 44.72
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5th 60 m hurdles 7.95
World Relays Chorzów, Poland 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.10
European Team Championships Super League Chorzów, Poland 1st 100 m 11.25 EU23L
1st 100 m hurdles 12.99
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1st 100 m hurdles 12.77
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 19th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.89
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.09
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 14th (sf) 60 m 7.17
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 10th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.62 =PB
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 100 m hurdles 12.53
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.61 NR
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 12th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.71
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.66

1Sum of two times

National titles

References
  1. PZLA profile
  2. "Pia SKRZYSZOWSKA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. "Trening do kalos kagathos – rozmowa z Pią Skrzyszowską i Jarosławem Skrzyszowskim". bieganie.pl (in Polish). December 9, 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. "Weekend roundup | Keely Hodgkinson scorches to a world best, Pia starts the season with European Lead". European Athletics. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. "Skrzyszowska improves to 7.78 as Jacobs opens season with 60m victory at Orlen Cup in Lodz". European Athletics. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. "Skrzyszowska smashes long-standing European U23 100m hurdles record in Silesia". European Athletics. 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
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