Katarzyna Bachleda-CuruÅ›

Katarzyna Bachleda - Curuś ( born January 1, 1980 in Sanok as Katarzyna Wójcicka ) is a Polish, specializing in medium and long-range, all-round skater.

Katarzyna Bachleda - Curuś debuted in November 1998 at the World Cup in Hamar. The 52- times Polish champion in the individual sections and in the all around reached eighth place on the 1000 - meter track at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin. Tenth, it was over 3000 meters, 1500 meters above Eleventh and 16th over 5,000 meters. Already in 2002, she took part in Salt Lake City on their first games and both 1300 and 300 meters was 26, she celebrated her greatest Olympic success at the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver, when she in the team pursuit won the bronze medal behind Germany and Japan. In the race for the bronze medal, the Polish team had defeated the United States.

For all-around world championships in the small four-way battle she went so far to four times, 2005, she was in Moscow as in 2006 in Calgary 14, 2008 in Berlin 18 and 2009 in Hamar 16 On Single Distance World Championships, she took from 2000 to 2009 seven times in some. Best results of Trzebunia were the five ranks above 1500 meters, 2009 in Richmond and finished eighth in the previous year. Nagano at the same distance From 1999 to 2010 she also took part in the eleven times -around European Championships and with the ranks eight in 2008 and 2009 in Kolomna in Moscow their best results. In the World Cup they started mostly in the B group, but they also achieved some notable successes among the top 10 in the A group. So she was in Moscow in 2006 Fourth over 1500 meters, 2009 in Heerenveen and Calgary fifth. In the overall World Cup, a tenth grade was about 1500 meters best result of the season 2006/ 07.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 she was able to win a bronze medal in the team pursuit along with Luiza Złotkowska and Katarzyna Wozniak. March 23, 2010 her the Order of Polonia Restituta ( Ritter) by President of Poland Lech Kaczyński was awarded for this achievement. At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 she was able to win a silver medal in the team pursuit along with Luiza Złotkowska, Natalia Czerwonka and Katarzyna Wozniak.