Natalia Kaczmarek

Natalia Kaczmarek
	Kaczmarek at the Polish Athletics Championships in 2021
Personal information
Born	17 January 1998 (age 26); Drezdenko, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprint
Club	AZS-AWF Wrocław
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m: 49.86 (2022); Indoors; 400 m: 51.15 (2022);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
World Indoor Championships
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
World Relays
European Team Championships
European U23 Championships

Natalia Kaczmarek (born 17 January 1998)^[2] is a Polish athlete sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She won the silver medal in her individual event at the 2022 European Championships. Kaczmarek was part of 4 x 400 m relays at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, earning a gold in the mixed event, and a silver in the women's event.

She was the 400 m 2019 European under-23 champion.

Career

Running in the heats as part of the women's 4 × 400 metres relays, Natalia Kaczmarek won the silver medal at the 2018 World Indoor Championships and a gold at the 2018 European Championships.

In the same relay event, she earned the bronze medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. In May, she took two gold medals at the European Team Championships, whose Super League events took place in Chorzów, Poland. Besides women's 4x400 metres relay victory she won the individual 400 metres event.

Kaczmarek won two medals at the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, a gold with Poland's mixed 4x400 relay team (alongside Karol Zalewski, Justyna Święty-Ersetic and Kajetan Duszyński), and a silver as a member of women's 4×400m relay with Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik and Święty-Ersetic.^[3]^[4] Kaczmarek went out of the individual 400m event in the third semi-final in a time of 50.79 seconds.

In May 2022, she won 400m race at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, smashing her previous personal best with a time of 50.16 seconds, the second-fastest mark on the Polish all-time list.^[5]

In August 2022, she improved her personal best to 49.86 seconds at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Chorzów, becoming only the second Polish woman after Irena Szewińska to run 400 metres under 50 seconds.^[6]

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 relay	3:36.95
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	7th	400 m	54.27
2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	4th	4×400 m relay	3:34.48
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd (heats)	4×400 m relay i	3:32.07 ^{[n 1]}
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st (heats)	4×400 m relay	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 relay	3:32.56
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	3rd	4×400 m relay i	3:29.94
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	2nd	4×400 m relay	3:28.81
	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	1st	400 m	51.36
	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	1st	4×400 m relay	3:26.37 EL
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	12th (sf)	400 m	50.79
			2nd	4×400 m relay	3:20.53 NR
			1st	4×400 m mixed	3:09.87 OR AR
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	7th (sf)	400 m i	51.87
	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	4x400 m relay i	3:28.59 SB
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	15th (sf)	400 m	51.34
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	4th	4×400 m mixed	3:12.31 SB
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	400 m	49.94
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	4×400 m relay	3:21.68 SB

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

Personal bests

100 metres – 11.73 (+1.8 m/s, Jelenia Góra 2022)
200 metres – 23.31 (-0.7 m/s, Olsztyn 2022)
400 metres – 49.86 (Chorzów 2022)
- 400 metres indoor – 51.15 (Toruń 2022)

Relays

4 × 400 metres relay – 3:20.53 (Tokyo 2021) NR
- 4 × 400 metres relay indoor – 3:28.59 (Belgrade 2022)
4 × 400 metres relay mixed – 3:09.87 (Tokyo 2021) European record

References

^ "Skarb kibica. Igrzyska Olimpijskie Tokio 2020". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Poland. 22 July 2021.
^ "Natalia KACZMAREK – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Tennery, Amy (31 July 2021). "Athletics-Poland win first 4x400m mixed relay gold". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ Phillips, Mitch (7 August 2021). "Athletics-Eleven medals for Felix as stellar U.S. team take 4x400m glory". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ Jess Whittington (31 May 2022). "Bol and Girma break barriers in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "Skrzyszowska smashes long-standing European U23 100m hurdles record in Silesia". European Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

External links

Natalia Kaczmarek at World Athletics
Natalia Kaczmarek at the Polish Athletic Association (in Polish)
Natalia Kaczmarek at Olympics.com
Natalia Kaczmarek at Olympedia

[heats-7] Time from the heats; Kaczmarek was replaced in the final.

[1] "Skarb kibica. Igrzyska Olimpijskie Tokio 2020". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Poland. 22 July 2021.

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

[3] Tennery, Amy (31 July 2021). "Athletics-Poland win first 4x400m mixed relay gold". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[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] Jess Whittington (31 May 2022). "Bol and Girma break barriers in Ostrava". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[6] "Skrzyszowska smashes long-standing European U23 100m hurdles record in Silesia". European Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

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