Maria Andrejczyk

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Maria Andrejczyk

| image = Maria Andrejczyk 20190810.jpg

| caption = Andrejczyk in 2019

| full_name = Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Suwałki, Poland[http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/rio2016/t/639,1257,lekkoatletyka.html Polish 2016 Olympic team] at the Polish Olympic Committee website

| residence = Sejny, Poland{{cite web |url=http://www.suwalking.pl/News,single,mieszkanka-sejn-najlepsza-oszczepniczka-europy?id=300 |title=Mieszkanka Sejn najlepszą oszczepniczką Europy |publisher=suwalking.pl |date=20 July 2015 |access-date=6 September 2015 |language=Polish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112049/http://www.suwalking.pl/News,single,mieszkanka-sejn-najlepsza-oszczepniczka-europy?id=300 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 77 kg

| website = {{URL|maria-andrejczyk.com|Maria-Andrejczyk.com}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = Javelin throw

| club = LUKS Hańcza Suwałki

| coach = Karol Sikorski

| parents = Tomasz Andrejczyk (father)
Małgorzata Andrejczyk (mother)

| partner = Marcin Rosengarten (since 2018)

| pb = NR 71.40 m (2021)|

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

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| updated = 12 August 2019

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Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk ({{IPA|pl|ˈmarja anˈdrɛjtʂɨk}}; born 9 March 1996) is a Polish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.{{World Athletics}} She is a three-time Olympian and won the silver medal in the javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Andrejczyk is also a European Team Championships silver medalist and European Junior Championships gold medalist. Her personal best throw of 71.40 m, set in 2021, is the Polish record and ranks her third on the women's world all-time list.{{cite web |url=https://www.onet.pl/sport/onetsport/rzut-oszczepem-niesamowity-rzut-marii-andrejczyk-rekord-polski/3mrmpcn,d87b6cc4 |language=pl |title=Niesamowity rzut Marii Andrejczyk. Rekord Polski |access-date=10 May 2021}}

Career

Andrejczyk competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.

Andrejczyk represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On 16 August 2016, she achieved her personal best and a new Polish national record – 67.11 metres – while competing in the qualifying round. She went on to finish fourth in the final, missing out on a bronze medal by just two centimetres.

Soon after the Olympics she underwent an operation on the injured shoulder and lost the entire 2017 season. She returned to competition in June 2018 but could not build a good enough form for the 2018 European Championships in Berlin. The next season marked an improvement as she finished second at the 2019 European Team Championships Super League held on home soil in Bydgoszcz and qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where, however, she was eliminated in the qualifying round.

In the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Andrejczyk won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw event.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-javelin-throw-fnl-000100-.htm |title=Athletics – Final Results |access-date=19 August 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806133242/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-javelin-throw-fnl-000100-.htm |url-status=dead}}

Personal life

Since the end of 2018, Andrejczyk has been in a relationship with the Polish trainer Marcin Rosengarten.{{cite web |url=https://sport.se.pl/tokio-2020/dowiedzielismy-sie-kim-jest-partner-marii-andrejczyk-to-wiele-wyjasnia-aa-H4Qi-C52U-JkYu.html |title=Dowiedzieliśmy się, kim jest partner Marii Andrejczyk. To wiele wyjaśnia |publisher=Sport SP |language=PL |date=5 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021}}

Philanthropy

Andrejczyk auctioned off her Tokyo Olympic silver medal to help fund the heart surgery of an 8-month-old baby. Żabka, a Polish store chain won the auction and let her keep the medal.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-andrejczyk-polish-olympian-silver-medal-infant-heart-surgery/ |title=Olympian Maria Andrejczyk auctions off medal to help pay for infant's heart surgery. |access-date=29 August 2021}}

Competition record

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{Flagu\|Poland}}
2013 \|World Youth Championships \|Donetsk, Ukraine \|26th (q) \|Javelin throw (500 g) \|45.14 m
2014 \|World Junior Championships \|Eugene, United States \|5th \|Javelin throw \|53.66 m
rowspan=2\|2015 \|European Junior Championships \|Eskilstuna, Sweden \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|Javelin throw \|59.73 m
World Championships \|Beijing, China \|28th (q) \|Javelin throw \|56.75 m
rowspan=2\|2016 \|European Championships \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|13th (q) \|Javelin throw \|57.93 m
Olympic Games \|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil \|4th \|Javelin throw \|64.78 m
2019 \|World Championships \|Doha, Qatar \|22nd (q) \|Javelin throw \|57.68 m
2021 \|Olympic Games \|Tokyo, Japan \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|Javelin throw \|64.61 m
2022 \|World Championships \|Eugene, United States \|21st (q) \|Javelin throw \|55.47 m
rowspan=2\|2024 \|European Championships \|Rome, Italy \|10th \|Javelin throw \|58.29 m
Olympic Games \|Paris, France \|8th \|Javelin throw \|62.44 m

colspan="6"|Representing {{Flagu|Poland}}

2013

|World Youth Championships

|Donetsk, Ukraine

|26th (q)

|Javelin throw (500 g)

|45.14 m

2014

|World Junior Championships

|Eugene, United States

|5th

|Javelin throw

|53.66 m

rowspan=2|2015

|European Junior Championships

|Eskilstuna, Sweden

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|Javelin throw

|59.73 m

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|28th (q)

|Javelin throw

|56.75 m

rowspan=2|2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|13th (q)

|Javelin throw

|57.93 m

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|4th

|Javelin throw

|64.78 m

2019

|World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|22nd (q)

|Javelin throw

|57.68 m

2021

|Olympic Games

|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Javelin throw

|64.61 m

2022

|World Championships

|Eugene, United States

|21st (q)

|Javelin throw

|55.47 m

rowspan=2|2024

|European Championships

|Rome, Italy

|10th

|Javelin throw

|58.29 m

Olympic Games

|Paris, France

|8th

|Javelin throw

|62.44 m

References

External links

{{World Athletics|14500245}}
{{European Athletics|14500245}}
[https://statystyka.pzla.pl/personal.php?page=profile&nr_zaw=41744 Maria Andrejczyk] at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki {{in lang|pl}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com profile|maria-andrejczyk}}
{{PKOl profile|maria-andrejczyk|old_id=2649,andrejczyk-maria|archive=20200718063729}}

Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Polish female javelin throwers

Category:Sportspeople from Suwałki

Category:People from Sejny County

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for Poland

Category:Olympic female javelin throwers

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Poland

Category:Polish Catholics

Category:21st-century Polish sportswomen

Category:Athletes from Podlaskie Voivodeship

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics