Wiktoria Gajosz
{{Short description|Polish athlete (born 2006)}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprint
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|7|6|df=yes}}
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| pb = 400m: 52.98 (2024)
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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World U20 Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Lima|4x400 m mixed}}
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Wiktoria Gajosz (born 6 July 2006) is a Polish sprinter.{{cite web|title= Wiktoria Gajosz|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 September 2024|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/poland/wiktoria-gajosz-14952244}}
Career
In July 2024, she set a Polish national U20 record, and an U20 world leading time, of 36.82 seconds for the 300 metres, in Warsaw.{{cite web|title= Gajosz wśród najlepszych na świecie!|date=23 July 2024|url= https://www.nowytydzien.pl/gajosz-wsrod-najlepszych-na-swiecie/ |website=nowtydzien.pl|access-date=2 September 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tygodnikzamojski.pl/artykul/137072/rekord-polski-wiktorii-gajosz.html|website=tygodnijzamojski.pl|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= Rekord Polski Wiktorii Gajosz|date=16 July 2024}} That month, she won the Polish U20 400 metres title in Radom in 2024.{{cite web|date=29 August 2024|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= The Polish mixed relay team won silver in the U2O World Championships. The team included an athlete from Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski|first=Krzysztof|last=Szuptarski|url= https://kurierlubelski.pl/polska-sztafeta-mieszana-ze-srebrem-mistrzostw-swiata-u2o-w-skladzie-byla-lekkoatletka-tomasovii-tomaszow-lubelski/ar/c2-18769645|website=Kurierlubelski.pl}} In winning the individual race she also ran a personal best of 52.98 seconds. At the championships, she was also part of the team that set a new Polish club U20 record in the women’s 4x100m relay and won the 4x400 metres relay.{{cite web|url= https://www.kronikatygodnia.pl/artykul/42856,kolekcjonerka-zlota-wiktoria-gajosz-przycmila-wszystkich-uczestnikow-mistrzostw-polski |website=kronikatygodnia.pl|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= Gold collector. Wiktoria Gajosz outshone all participants of the Polish Championships!|date=5 August 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://radio.lublin.pl/2024/07/biegaczki-tomasovii-wywalczyly-dwa-zlote-medale/ |website=Radio.lublin.pl|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= Tomasovia runners won two gold medals|date=
Jul 28, 2024}}
She was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in August 2024.{{cite web|url= https://bieganie.pl/newsy/4-medale-polakow-podczas-mistrzostw-swiata-u20-w-limie/|website=bieganie.pl|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= 4 medals for Poles at the U20 World Championships in Lima|date=1 September 2024}} At the Games, she also placed fourth in the final of the women’s 4x400 metres relay.{{cite web|url= https://www.pzla.pl/aktualnosci/14053-m-u20-lima24-rekord-polski-i-srebrny-medal-plotkarki-wiktorii-gadajskiej|website=pzla.pl|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= MŚ U20 LIMA24: REKORD POLSKI I SREBRNY MEDAL PŁOTKARKI WIKTORII GADAJSKIEJ|date=31 August 2024}}
Personal life
A member of Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski, she attended IV Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Chełm.{{cite web|first=Marcin|last=Petruk|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= Wiktoria Gajosz second in the world!|url= https://www.supertydzien.pl/artykul/33161,wiktoria-gajosz-druga-na-swiecie|website=supertydzien.pl}}
References
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Category:Polish female sprinters
Category:21st-century Polish sportswomen
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