Luiza Złotkowska

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

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| weight = 52 kg

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| life_partner = Jan Szymański

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| club = LKS Poroniec

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| coach = Witold Mazur

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Luiza Złotkowska (born 25 May 1986) is a Polish speed skater. She is an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, and held the Polish record on the 5000 m distance from February 2021 to December 2022.{{cite web

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|title = National Records – Poland (POL) – Women 5000m

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|access-date = 24 August 2023

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Speed skating career

=Olympic Games=

File:Vancouver 2010 - Polskie panczenistki (drużyna).jpg at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.]]

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit together with Katarzyna Woźniak, Natalia Czerwonka and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/SSK/womens-team-pursuit-6-laps.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224248/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/SSK/womens-team-pursuit-6-laps.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's team pursuit|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=1 May 2011}} Individually, she placed 34th in the 1500 metres and 24th in the 3000 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033055/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/SSK/womens-1500-metres.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 1,500 metres|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=1 May 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/SSK/womens-3000-metres.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224248/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/SSK/womens-3000-metres.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Speed Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Women's 3,000 metres|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=1 May 2011}} At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she won silver medal in the team competition with Katarzyna Woźniak, Natalia Czerwonka and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś.

=Personal records=

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{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|39.13|28 February 2016|Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:15.46|10 November 2013|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:54.77|16 November 2013|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|4:02.37|15 November 2013|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|7:07.02|18 February 2011|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|Polish record until beaten by Magdalena Czyszczoń on 16 December 2022.}}

Personal life

Złotkowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, but lives in Zielonka. In 2005, she graduated from the School of Sports Championships in Zakopane. She is also a graduate of the Academy of Physical Education in Kraków. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, in 2014, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland. Złotkowska's fiancé is Jan Szymański, also a Polish speed skater.

References

External links

[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http://www.luizazlotkowska.com/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhg7xjc-6pUCkOUw0Jt8DAOTqeiU0g Official website (translated)]
{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zl/luiza-zlotkowska-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043530/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zl/luiza-zlotkowska-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Luiza Złotkowska}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110814080746/http://data.isuresults.eu/riderDetail.asp?id=10326 Luiza Zlotkowska] profile from the International Skating Union
{{ISU speed skater|216415|Luiza Zlotkowska}}

Category:1986 births

Category:Polish female speed skaters

Category:Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Category:Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic speed skaters for Poland

Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic medalists in speed skating

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Poland

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Poland

Category:Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta