Wioletta Frankiewicz
Violetta Frankiewicz (temporarily: Janowska; born June 9, 1977 in Piotrków ) is a Polish athlete. It starts in both the medium as well as in long-distance running, but has now mainly specialized in the steeplechase.
At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she was more than 1500 m to the semifinals, and at the World Athletics Championships in 2005 she won the 3000 -meter steeplechase on the 14th Place.
At the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 2006, she won the bronze medal over 3000 m steeplechase, a year later, however, she retired at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka from both above 1500 m as well as in the steeplechase in the preliminary round.
Violetta Frankiewicz is 1,77 m tall and weighs 59 kg. She has won numerous Polish Championship titles, including four times in the 5000 -meter run ( 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 ) and once in the 10,000 -meter run (2008). She also holds the world record in the rarely overflowed 2000 meter steeplechase distance ( 6:03,38 min).
Bests
- 800 m: 2:06,86 min, September 21 2003, Krakow
- 1000 m: 2:36,97 min, August 14, 2004, Częstochowa
- 1500 m: 4:03,09 min, 6 August 2004 Zurich
- 3000 m: 8:44,22 min 29 July, 2005, Oslo
- 5000 m: 15:08,38 min, June 17, 2005, Florence
- 10,000 m: 32:16,27 min, May 8, 2004 Police
- 15 - km road race: 51:29 min, March 20, 2004, Kolobrzeg
- 3000m steeplechase: 9:17,15 min, July 3, 2006, Athens