Luiza Złotkowska (born 25 May 1986) is a Polish

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. She is an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, and is the current holder of the Polish record on the 5000 m distance.

Speed skating career

Olympic Games

At the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

in Vancouver, she won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit together with

Katarzyna Woźniak Katarzyna Bronisława Woźniak (born 5 October 1989) is a Polish speed skater. She is a silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games. Personal life Katarzyna Woźniak was born in Warsaw, Poland. In 2005, she graduated the School of Sports Cham ...

Natalia Czerwonka Natalia Barbara Czerwonka (born 20 October 1988) is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Olympic Games At the 2010 Wint ...

and

Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Anna Bachleda-Curuś (née Wójcicka, born 1 January 1980) is a Polish speed skater, who was born in Sanok and resides in Zakopane. Wójcicka is specialised in allround championships as she performs well on all distances, but almost n ...

. Individually, she placed 34th in the 1500 metres and 24th in the 3000 metres. At the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in Sochi, she won silver medal in the team competition with

and

Personal records

Personal life

Złotkowska was born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, but lives in

Zielonka Zielonka is a town in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 17,398 inhabitants (2013). It is located about 13 km to the north-east of the centre of Warsaw. Zielonka borders Warsaw and several other towns of the Warsaw metrop ...

. In 2005, she graduated from the School of Sports Championships in

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been par ...

. She is also a graduate of the Academy of Physical Education in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, in 2014, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland. Złotkowska's fiancé is Jan Szymański, also a Polish speed skater.

References

External links

Official website (translated)
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Luiza Zlotkowska
profile from the International Skating Union * 1986 births Polish female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Poland Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Speed skaters from Warsaw Universiade medalists in speed skating Living people Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub