Anita Włodarczyk

Not to be confused with Anna Włodarczyk, Polish Long Jumper.

Medal record
Anita Włodarczyk
Competitor for Poland
Women’s athletics
World Championships
Gold	2009 Berlin	Hammer throw
European Championships
Bronze	2010 Barcelona	Hammer
IAAF World Athletics Final
Bronze	2008 Stuttgart	Hammer throw
European Team Championships
Gold	2009 Leiria	Hammer throw

Anita Włodarczyk (born 8 August 1985 in Rawicz) is a Polish hammer thrower and a former world record holder with 78.30 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). She twisted her left ankle during her celebration. Jacek Zamecznik chief of instruction PZLA in interview said she can throw over 80 m.

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. 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. 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.

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

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2007	European U23 Championships	Stuttgart, Debrecen	4q	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

External links

• IAAF profile for Anita Włodarczyk

Records
Preceded by Tatyana Lysenko	Women's Hammer World Record Holder August 22, 2009 – May 21, 2011	Succeeded by Betty Heidler