Maria Andrejczyk

Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarja anˈdrɛjtʂɨk]; born 9 March 1996) is a Polish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.^[2] She is a three-time Olympian and won the silver medal in the javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Andrejczyk is also a European Team Championships silver medalist and European Junior Championships gold medalist. Her personal best throw of 71.40 m, set in 2021, is the Polish record and ranks her third on the women's world all-time list.^[3]

Maria Andrejczyk

Andrejczyk in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk
Born	(1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 29) Suwałki, Poland[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Parent(s)	Tomasz Andrejczyk (father) Małgorzata Andrejczyk (mother)
Website	Maria-Andrejczyk.com
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
Club	LUKS Hańcza Suwałki
Partner	Marcin Rosengarten (since 2018)
Coached by	Karol Sikorski
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	NR 71.40 m (2021)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Poland Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw European Team Championships 2019 Bydgoszcz Javelin throw European Junior Championships 2015 Eskilstuna Javelin throw
Updated on 12 August 2019

Career

Andrejczyk competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.

Andrejczyk represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On 16 August 2016, she achieved her personal best and a new Polish national record – 67.11 metres – while competing in the qualifying round. She went on to finish fourth in the final, missing out on a bronze medal by just two centimetres.

Soon after the Olympics she underwent an operation on the injured shoulder and lost the entire 2017 season. She returned to competition in June 2018 but could not build a good enough form for the 2018 European Championships in Berlin. The next season marked an improvement as she finished second at the 2019 European Team Championships Super League held on home soil in Bydgoszcz and qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where, however, she was eliminated in the qualifying round.

In the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Andrejczyk won the silver medal in the women's javelin throwevent.^[4]

Personal life

Since the end of 2018, Andrejczyk has been in a relationship with the Polish trainer Marcin Rosengarten.^[5]

Philanthropy

Andrejczyk auctioned off her Tokyo Olympic silver medal to help fund the heart surgery of an 8-month-old baby. Żabka, a Polish store chain won the auction and let her keep the medal.^[6]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	26th (q)	Javelin throw (500 g)	45.14 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	5th	Javelin throw	53.66 m
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	1st	Javelin throw	59.73 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	28th (q)	Javelin throw	56.75 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	13th (q)	Javelin throw	57.93 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	Javelin throw	64.78 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	22nd (q)	Javelin throw	57.68 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Javelin throw	64.61 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	21st (q)	Javelin throw	55.47 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	10th	Javelin throw	58.29 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	8th	Javelin throw	62.44 m