Aleksandra Mirosław (née Rudzińska, born 2 February 1994) is a Polish

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and a two-time women's speed climbing world champion as well as the current women's speed climbing world record holder.

Early life

Mirosław is originally from

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. She started in sports at the age of seven and initially pursued swimming. She switched to speed climbing in 2007 being influenced by her older sister Małgorzata.

Climbing career

Competing as Aleksandra Rudzińska, she won the women's world championship speed climbing bronze medal at the

2014 IFSC Climbing World Championships The 2014 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 13th edition, were held in Munich, Germany from 21 to 23 August 2014 for bouldering and in Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and mun ...

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, Spain. She became the women's speed climbing world champion in September 2018 at the

2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships The 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 15th edition, were held in Innsbruck, Austria from 6 to 16 September 2018. The championships consisted of lead, speed, bouldering, paraclimbing, and combined events. Medal winners overview Lea ...

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. Mirosław defended her world title and won her second women's speed climbing world gold medal a year later, at the

2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships The 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 16th edition, were held in Hachioji, Japan from 11 to 21 August 2019. The championships consisted of lead, speed, bouldering, and combined events. The paraclimbing event was held separately from 1 ...

in Hachioji, Japan.Mike Rowbootom
Miroslaw retains speed title at IFSC Climbing World Championships

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, August 17, 2019. Accessed August 17, 2019. During the same competition Mirosław reached the finals of the combined event qualifying her for the

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. She won two stages of the

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in speed climbing, at

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in July 2018 and at Wujiang in May 2019.Alexandra Miroslaw. IFSC profile

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. Accessed August 24, 2019 Previously she finished in second place at Chamonix in July 2016, and third at Wujiang in October 2016. On August 4, 2021, during the

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she established the initial women's

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in speed climbing with 6.97 s. She improved her time in the finals on August 6, setting a new women's

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with 6.84 s. She finished in 4th place in the overall standings and did not win a medal. On May 27, 2022, during the second qualification round of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, she broke her own previous speed climbing world record with a time of 6.53 seconds.

Personal life

She previously competed under her maiden name, as Aleksandra Rudzińska. She is married to her coach, Mateusz Mirosław.

References

External links

Alexandra Mirosław
IFSC profile * 1994 births Polish mountain climbers Living people Polish rock climbers Competitors at the 2013 World Games Competitors at the 2017 World Games Sport climbers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic sport climbers of Poland Sportspeople from Lublin {{Climbing-bio-stub