Anna Harkowska

Anna Harkowska

Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing Poland
Paralympic Games
	2012 London	Women's road time trial C4
	2012 London	Women's road race C4-5
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Women's road time trial C5
Women's track cycling
Paralympic Games
	2012 London	Individual pursuit C5
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
	2016 Montichiari	Women's scratch C4-C5
	2016 Montichiari	Women's individual pursuit C5

Anna Harkowska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈanːa xarˈkɔfska]; born 20 March 1980 in Świnoujście) is a Polish cyclist. At the age of 14 Harkowska won two Gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics as a swimmer, however an ear infection left unable to continue. She later trained in running and took up a triathlon, and eventually concentrating on cycling. In May 2002, she was hit by a car in Szczecin; she suffered 26 fractures in her legs and nearly lost her left leg. She returned to professional cycling after several surgeries and months of rehabilitation. In 2012, Harkowska participated in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won three silver medals.

References

Sources

• "Anna Harkowska". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
• "Anna Harkowska". Tahitian Noni International (in Polish). Retrieved 30 August 2012.
• Harkowska, Anna (12 September 2011). "Anna Harkowska: Nie poddałam się!" [I never gave up!]. MobilneKobiety.pl (Interview) (in Polish). Interviewed by J.B. Retrieved 30 August 2012.