Lidia Chojecka
Lidia Chojecka ( born January 25, 1977 in Siedlce ) is a Polish middle and long distance runner, the most successful on the 1500 - and 3000 -meter distance.
Life
At 20, she won the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris in 1997 Bronze 1500 m. In 1998, she was over the same distance at the Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia second behind the Austrian Theresia Kiesl and sixth at the European Athletics Championships in Budapest.
At the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi in 1999 she won bronze in the 1500 m and the following year over 3,000 m silver at the European Indoor Championships in Ghent Romanian Gabriela Szabo behind. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 they reached the final and finished fifth over 1500 meters, as well as in the final at the IAAF 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.
In 2004 she was over 1500 m at the Eighth World Indoor Championships in Budapest and sixth at the Olympic Games in Athens. In 2005, she won over 3000 meters at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid.
One bronze medal over 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow in 2006 was followed by a fifth place in the summer of 1500 m at the European Championships in Gothenburg. In 2007 she succeeded at the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham a double victory over 1500 m and 3000 m, followed by an eighth place over 1500 meters at the World Championships in Osaka.
About the same distance separated them from 2008 at the Olympic Games in Beijing in the flow and in 2009 respectively Seventh at the European Indoor Championships in Turin and at the World Championships in Berlin. About 3000 m they first won at the European Indoor Championships 2011 in Paris bronze, got after the lock by Olesja Syrewa However awarded the silver medal. At the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in 2012 they finished sixth.
In 2007 she became Polish Champion in the 10,000 meter race.
Lidia Chojecka is 1,63 m tall and weighs 51 kg.
Bests
- 800 m: 1:59,97 min, June 13, 1999, Nuremberg Hall: 1:59,99 min, February 14, 1999 Birmingham
- Hall: 2:36,97 min, February 23, 2003 Liévin
- Hall: 4:03,58 min, February 21, 2003, Birmingham
- Hall: 4:24,44 min, February 6, 2000, Stuttgart
- Hall: 8:38,21 min, February 3, 2007, Stuttgart