Urszula WÅ‚odarczyk
Urszula Włodarczyk ( born December 22, 1965 in Wałbrzych ) is a former Polish athlete who could be placed in the heptathlon, indoor pentathlon, and in the triple jump at international events in the top eight. In 1998 she became European Indoor Champion and European Champion in the open.
Career
Until 1995
1990 surpassed Urszula Włodarczyk in their 32 heptathlon with 6021 points for the first time the 6000 -point mark and thus won her second Polish Champion title after 1988. 1991 they improved in the Polish Championships 6374 points. In the Universiade in Sheffield she won with 6319 points in second place behind the German Birgit Clarius. Five weeks later Włodarczyk increased its peak performance at the World Championships in Tokyo on 6391 points, and thus occupied the sixth place. End of the season 1991 you get 6425 points in the invitation race in Talence.
In 1992, Włodarczyk part in the European Indoor Championships in Genoa and won with a personal best of 4651 points, the bronze medal behind the two Romanians Liliana Năstase and Petra Vaideanu. In the outdoor season Włodarczyk won her fourth Polish championship, finishing at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in eighth place with 6333 points.
At the World Indoor Championships 1993, the pentathlon was held as a demonstration event and not yet counted on the official World Cup program. Nastase won the competition with 4686 points, ahead of Włodarczyk with 4667 points. After the victory in the Polish Championships in mid-June she won in mid-July with 6127 points at the Universiade in Buffalo the gold medal. At the World Championships in Stuttgart, she reached the fifth place with 6394 points. In Stuttgart, she went to in the inaugural Triple Jump and finished with 13.80 m eighth. Włodarczyk won from 1990 to 1994 four Polish championship in the triple jump.
At the European Indoor Championships in 1994 in Paris-Bercy Urszula Włodarczyk won the bronze medal behind the Russian Larissa Turtschinskaja and the Hungarian Rita Ináncsi, with 4668 points improved Włodarczyk doing their best performance by one point. In the outdoor season, she succeeded at the European Championships in Helsinki with 6322 points as in the Hall of winning the bronze medal behind the German Sabine Braun and Rita behind Ináncsi. While Włodarczyk on Ináncsi had eighty point behind, she was only 11 and 14 points ahead of the two Russians Larissa Turtschinskaja and Svetlana Moskalez. 1995 Włodarczyk was the third time after 1989 and 1992 Polish Hall champion in the pentathlon. Outdoors it was with 6248 points ninth at the World Championships in Gothenburg.
As of 1996,
The next major championships took place in Sweden, at the European Indoor Championships in Stockholm in 1996 with 4597 points Włodarczyk was second behind the Russian Jelena Lebedenko. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta Włodarczyk could improve their almost five -year-old best performance at 6484 points. So she reached the fourth place, five points behind the whole British Denise Lewis on the bronze medal. Three weeks after Atlanta took Włodarczyk after three years at the Polish Championships and won with 6132 points.
In 1997 Włodarczyk part in two indoor five fights. In Prague she won an invitation competition, at the World Indoor Championships in Paris -Bercy she missed in fourth with 4613 points, the bronze medal by 14 points. In the outdoor world championships in Athens, she surpassed 6542 points their personal best by 58 points in fourth place she missed ultimately 24 more points to bronze. Three weeks after Athens won Urszula Włodarczyk their seventh and last Polish championship in the heptathlon.
In 1998, she increased her Hallenbestleistung to 4808 points and won with this performance the title at the European Indoor Championships in Valencia. Outdoors it was with 6460 points behind Denise Lewis second in the European Championships in Budapest. At the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi in 1999 her reach 4596 points and third place behind the U.S. American Le Shundra Nathan and Russian Irina Belova. Outdoors Włodarczyk had a weaker season, their season high of 6287 points marked the seventh place at the World Championships in Seville.
In February 2000 Włodarczyk occurred after five years at the Polish Indoor Championships and won their last national championship there. At the European Indoor Championships in Ghent they won with 4590 points bronze behind the German Karin Ertl and Russian Irina Wostrikowa. In the outdoor season Włodarczyk completed six seven fights, their seasonal best she succeeded at the Olympic Games in Sydney, as she finished fourth with 6470 points. This competition should be her last 6000 -point contest. At the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon in 2001 they finished eighth and last place after injury.
Total reach Włodarczyk in her career 54 Seven battles with over 6000 points, seven more than Sabine Braun, who is in second place this eternal world leaderboard (as of 31 December 2007). She won 12 Polish Champion title in the open and 13 in the hall. At a height of 1.80 m, they had a competition weight of 68 kg.