Born: August 8, 1985 in Rawicz, Poland
Early days. Her parents are working in the sport club PAVART in Rawicz where the main discipline is speedrover. This motivated her to practice at the age of 12 under her father’s supervision. In 1998 he became a member of the Polish team in European Junior Championships in Great Britain where she won a gold medal. In 1999 she also won a gold medal at the world Championships in Rawicz. In 2004 she won the fourth place in the hammer throw in Poland’s Championships.
Career. Wlodarczyk won her first national U23 championships in 2007, and went on to compete in the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships. She finished sixth in the hammer throw competition at the 2008 Olympic Games. Wlodarczyk 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 meters, achieved in 30 May 2009 in Biała Podlaska, and improved it to 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 Wlodarczyk set a world record with a throw of 77.96 metres. Her season ended prematurely when she twisted her left ankle during her celebration. 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. 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. At the start of her 2012 season, she came third at the Ostrava Golden Spike and runner-up at the Prefontaine Classic. For her sport achievements, she received Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class).
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