Justyna Święty-Ersetic (; born 3 December 1992) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She was the 2018 European champion and a two-time European Indoor Championship medallist in this event. Święty-Ersetic won many medals at major championships as part of Polish 4 × 400 m relays, including a gold in the mixed relay and a silver in the women's relay at the

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. She is multiple Polish national outdoor and indoor champion.

Career

Justyna Święty-Ersetic competed in the

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at the 2012 London and

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. She won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in the event. At the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

in Berlin, she won an individual gold and later also anchored the Polish squad to the win despite the fact that both finals were separated by less than two hours. At the

she represented Poland in the 4 x 400 m mixed relay, winning gold alongside Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek and Kajetan Duszyński. A few days later, Święty-Ersetic anchored the women's 4 × 400 m relay (Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan and Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik), sealing a silver for the group. In March 2022, Święty-Ersetic won for the second time World Athletics Indoor Tour in her specialist distance after her 2020 victory, breaking the meeting record in

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. Her personal bests in the 400 metres are 50.41 seconds outdoors (

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2018), and 51.04 seconds indoors (

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2022). She was part of teams which set national records for the women's and mixed 4 x 400m relay (both

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2021), and women's indoor 4 x 400m relay (

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2018).

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 23.81 (+0.4 m/s,

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2014) * 400 metres – 50.41 (

2018) ** 400 metres indoor – 51.04 (

2022) ;Relays *

– 3:20.53 (

2021) ** 4 × 400 metres relay indoor – 3:26.09 (

2018) * 4 × 400 metres relay mixed – 3:09.87 (

2021) European record

Competition record

Personal life

In September 2017, she married Polish wrestler Dawid Ersetic.

References

External links

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Justyna Święty-Ersetic
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swiety, Justyna People from Racibórz Polish female sprinters 1992 births Living people Olympic athletes of Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Poland World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade European Athletics Indoor Championships winners 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women European Athletics Championships winners