Justyna Święty-Ersetic
Justyna Święty-Ersetic (Polish pronunciation: [jusˈtɨ.na ˈɕfjɛ̃.tɨ ɛrˈsɛ.tit͡s]; born 3 December 1992) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[3] She competed in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in the same event. At the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, she won an individual gold and later also anchored the Polish squad to the win despite the fact that both finals were separated by less than two hours.
Justyna Święty in 2014 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Polish |
Born | Racibórz, Poland | 3 December 1992
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Poland |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400 metres |
Club | AZS-AWF Katowice[2] |
Coached by | Aleksander Matusiński |
Medal record
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Her personal bests in the 400 metres are 50.41 seconds outdoors (Berlin 2018) and 51.37 seconds indoors (Toruń 2020).[4] The latter is the current national record.
In September 2017, she married Polish wrestler Dawid Ersetic.[5]
Competition record
References
- Rio 2016 bio Archived 25 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- PZLA profile
- Sports Reference profile
- Justyna Święty-Ersetic at World Athletics
- Kowalczyk, Wojciech (16 September 2017). "Justyna Święty i Dawid Ersetic na ślubnym kobiercu. Zobacz, kto przyszedł na uroczystość" (in Polish). Nasz Racibórz. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- Competed only in the heat
External links
- Justyna Święty-Ersetic at World Athletics
- Justyna Święty-Ersetic at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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