Natalia Kaczmarek

Natalia Kaczmarek (born 17 January 1998)[2] is a Polish athlete sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was part of relays at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning a gold medal in the mixed 4 x 400m relay, and a silver in the women's 4 x 400m relay.

Natalia Kaczmarek
Kaczmarek at the Polish Championships in 2021
Personal information
Born (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998
Drezdenko, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland[1]
Sport
CountryPoland
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Sprint
ClubAZS-AWF Wrocław
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m: 50.70 (2021)
  • Indoors
  • 400 m: 51.15 (2022)
Medal record
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo4x400 m mixed
2020 Tokyo4×400 m relay
European Championships
2018 Berlin4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
2018 Birmingham4×400 m relay
2022 Belgrade4×400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
2021 Toruń4×400 m relay
World Relays
2021 Chorzów4×400 m relay
European Team Championships
2021 Chorzów400 m
2021 Chorzów4×400 m relay
European U23 Championships
2019 Gävle400 m
2019 Gävle4×400 m relay

Career

Running in the heats as part of the women's 4 × 400 metres relays, Natalia Kaczmarek won a silver medal at the 2018 World Indoor Championships and a gold at the 2018 European Championships.

In the same relay event, she earned a bronze medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. In May, she took two gold medals at the European Team Championships, whose Super League events took place in Chorzów, Poland. Besides women's 4x400 metres relay victory she won the individual 400 metres event.

Kaczmarek won two medals at the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, a gold with Poland's mixed 4x400 relay team (alongside Karol Zalewski, Justyna Święty-Ersetic and Kajetan Duszyński), and a silver as a member of women's 4×400m relay with Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik and Święty-Ersetic.[3][4] Kaczmarek went out of the individual 400m event in the third semi-final in a time of 50.79 seconds.

Achievements

International competitions
Representing  Poland
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 9th (sf) 400 m 54.25
5th 4×400 m mixed 3:24.64
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 18th (sf) 400 m 54.32
6th 4×400 m relay 3:36.95
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 7th 400 m 54.27
4th 4×400 m relay 3:34.48
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd (heats) 4×400 m relay i 3:32.07 [n 1]
European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st (heats) 4×400 m relay 3:28.52 [n 1]
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st 400 m 52.34
1st 4×400 m relay 3:32.56
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 3rd 4×400 m relay i 3:29.94
World Relays Chorzów, Poland 2nd 4×400 m relay 3:28.81
European Team Championships Chorzów, Poland 1st 400 m 51.36
1st 4×400 m relay 3:26.37 EL
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan (sf) 400 m 50.79
2nd 4×400 m relay 3:20.53 NR
1st 4×400 m mixed 3:09.87 ER OR
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th (sf) 400 m i 51.87
3rd 4x400 m relay i 3:28.59 SB
  1. Time from the heats; Kaczmarek was replaced in the final.

Personal bests
Relays

References
  1. "Skarb kibica. Igrzyska Olimpijskie Tokio 2020". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Ringier Axel Springer Poland. 22 July 2021.
  2. "Natalia KACZMAREK – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Tennery, Amy (31 July 2021). "Athletics-Poland win first 4x400m mixed relay gold". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. Phillips, Mitch (7 August 2021). "Athletics-Eleven medals for Felix as stellar U.S. team take 4x400m glory". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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