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| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 November 1994 Zbąszyń, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Western State Colorado University[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000 metres steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
| University team | Western State Mountaineers | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Oś AZS Poznań (Poland) [2]
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ben Fletcher | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alicja Konieczek (born 2 November 1994) is a Polish Olympic runner specializing in the 3000 meters steeplechase.[3] In 2020 she joined On Athletics Club sponsored by Swiss company On. She won the gold medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade and the Super League European Team Championships in Chorzow. Tokyo 2020 was her first Olympics, where she ran the second fastest time of her career (9:31.79) and took 20th place. In 2019, she ran 9:44.96 at the IAAF World Championships in Qatar placing 28th.
Her younger sister Aneta graduated from University of Oregon in 2022.[4] She has multiply medals from the Polish Championships and a few Polish records in different age categories. Their older brother Dawid was also a runner that graduated from Western Colorado University in 2017 who has won several medals at the age National Championships and represented Poland internationally.[5]
In 2020, Alicja Konieczek served as a volunteer coach with the University of New Mexico cross country & track and field teams and now remotely coaches distance runners.
In January 2022, Alicja left the prestigious training group, On Athletics Club, in Boulder, Colorado that is coached by Dathan Ritzenhein. She is based in Albuquerque, NM, where she is training for the 2024 Olympics.[6]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she set a new national record of 9:16.51 in the 3000 metres steeplechase and improved the record previously held by Wioletta Frankiewicz.[7]
- ^ "College bio". Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "PZLA profile". Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ Alicja Konieczek at World Athletics
- ^ ANETA KONIECZEK University of Oregon Oregon Ducks track and field
- ^ DAWID KONIECZEK CLASS Redshirt Senior HOMETOWN Zbaszyn, Poland HIGH SCHOOL ZSRit Powodowo Western Colorado Mountaineers
- ^ 122 - Alicja Konieczek; On Sponsored, Polish Olympian, Steeplechaser Running New Mexico Podcast
- ^ Waldemar Stelmach (4 August 2024). "Alicja Konieczek z rekordem Polski w Paryżu. "Widzimy się na mieście"". rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
