Aneta Konieczek
{{Short description|Polish athlete}}
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| nationality = Polish
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|8|df=yes}}
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| sport = Track and Field
| event = 3000m steeplechase
| club = WMLKS Nadodrze Powodowo
| coach = Ben Fletcher
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Aneta Konieczek (born 8 June 1997) is a Polish Olympic steeplechaser.
Career
In 2021, Konieczek won the gold medal at the Polish Seniors Athletics Championships in the 3000 m steeplechase race with a time of 9: 25.98, which ensured her participation in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. That is also a 3rd result in a Polish history. She is a PAC-12 champion and a meet record holder. In 2021 she got All-American in an indoor mile.
Her sister Alicja Konieczek took second place at the Polish Senior Championships and also achieved the Olympic standard time.{{Cite web |url=https://gomountaineers.com/news/2021/7/12/track-field-mountaineer-alum-konieczek-to-represent-poland-at-2021-olympics.aspx |title=Mountaineer alum Konieczek to represent Poland at 2021 Olympics |website=gomountaineers.com |publisher=Western Colorado University Athletics |date=12 July 2021 |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801024854/https://gomountaineers.com/news/2021/7/12/track-field-mountaineer-alum-konieczek-to-represent-poland-at-2021-olympics.aspx |url-status=live}}
Konieczek ran the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase and finished twelfth in heat two in a time of 10.07:25.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-3000m-steeplechase-rnd1-000200-.htm |title=Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=1 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801024852/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-3000m-steeplechase-rnd1-000200-.htm |url-status=dead}}
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase.{{cite web |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5835/women-s-3000m-steeplechase-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=30 August 2024 |title=Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics |date=6 August 2024}}
Personal life
She studied at Western Colorado University and at the University of Oregon. Her brother Dawid has competed in athletics at national level in Poland and university level in the US, and her sister Alicja is a fellow Olympic steeplechaser.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1798962-konieczek-aneta.htm |title=Athletics - KONIECZEK Aneta |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016110210/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1798962-konieczek-aneta.htm |url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|poland/aneta-konieczek-14523874}}
- {{European Athletics|poland/aneta-konieczek-14523874}}
- {{Olympedia|2102325}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/aneta-konieczek_1573120 Aneta Konieczek] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Olympics.com profile|aneta-konieczek}}
- {{PKOl profile|aneta-konieczek}}
- [https://statystyka.pzla.pl/personal.php?page=profile&nr_zaw=46935 Aneta Konieczek] at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki {{in lang|pl}}
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Category:Polish female steeplechase runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Poland
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Oregon Ducks women's cross country runners
Category:Oregon Ducks women's track and field athletes
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:European Games competitors for Poland
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century Polish sportswomen
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