Jolanta Januchta
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 January 1955 Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 800 m |
| Club | MKS Beskid Bielsko-Biała Piast Gliwice AZS Poznań Gwardia Warszawa |
| Coached by | Jan Mazur Jan Panzer |
Jolanta Januchta-Strzelczyk (born 16 January 1955) is a Polish former middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[2] She won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and bronze at the 1982 edition. In addition, she represented her country at the 1980 Summer Olympics as well as the 1983 World Championships.
Her personal best of 1:56.95 is the still standing national record.
She is currently a physical education teacher at a primary school in Warsaw.[3]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Poland
| |||||
| 1973 | European Junior Championships | Duisburg, West Germany | 6th | 800 m | 2:04.58 |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th (h) | 800 m | 2:11.67 |
| European Championships | Rome, Italy | 17th (h) | 800 m | 2:04.7 | |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | Munich, West Germany | 4th (h) | 800 m | 2:08.5 |
| 1977 | Universiade | Sofia, Bulgaria | 7th | 800 m | 2:00.8 |
| 1980 | European Indoor Championships | Sindelfingen, West Germany | 1st | 800 m | 2:00.6 |
| Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 6th | 800 m | 1:58.3 | |
| 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.9 | |||
| 1981 | World Cup | Rome, Italy | 3rd | 800 m | 1:58.321 |
| 1982 | European Indoor Championships | Milan, Italy | 3rd | 800 m | 2:01.24 |
| European Championships | Athens, Greece | 4th | 800 m | 1:57.92 | |
| 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.32 | |||
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 2:02.23 |
| 1984 | Friendship Games | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 10th | 800 m | 2:02.49 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.09 | |||
1Representing Europe
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 400 metres – 55.73 (Wanganui 1984)
- 800 metres – 1:56.95 (Budapest 1980)
- 1000 metres – 2:32.70 (Zürich 1981)
- 1500 metres – 4:13.63 (Bydgoszcz 1983)
Indoor
- 600 metres – 1:26.6 (Warsaw 1980)
- 800 metres – 2:00.6 (Sindelfingen 1980)
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jolanta Januchta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ Jolanta Januchta at World Athletics
- ^ "86: Strona główna | Szkoła Podstawowa nr 307 im. Króla Jana III Sobieskiego w Warszawie".
External links
[edit]- All-Athletics profile
- Jolanta Januchta at Olympedia (archive)
- Jolanta Januchta at Olympics.com
- Jolanta Januchta at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
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- Olympic athletes for Poland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland
- Polish Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games
- Sportspeople from Bielsko-Biała
- Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship
- 20th-century Polish women
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