Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk (; born 9 March 1996) is a Polish

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athlete who competes in the

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. She is the

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silver medalist and 2015 European Junior Champion. Her personal best of 71.40 m, set in 2021, is the Polish record as well as the third best result in the history of the women's javelin throw competition.

Career

Andrejczyk competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. Andrejczyk represented Poland at the

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in Rio de Janeiro. On 16 August 2016, she achieved her personal best and a new Polish national record – 67.11 metres – while competing in the qualifying round. She went on to finish fourth in the

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, missing out on a bronze medal by just two centimetres. Soon after the Olympics she underwent an operation on the injured shoulder and lost the entire 2017 season. She returned to competition in June 2018 but could not build a good enough form for the

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in Berlin. The next season marked an improvement as she finished second at the 2019 European Team Championships Super League held on home soil in Bydgoszcz and qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where, however, she was eliminated in the qualifying round. In the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Andrejczyk won the silver medal in the Women's Javelin Throw.

Personal life

Since the end of 2018, Andrejczyk has been in a relationship with the

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trainer Marcin Rosengarten.

Philanthropy

Maria Andrejczyk auctioned off her Tokyo Olympic silver medal to help fund the heart surgery of an 8-month-old baby. Zabka, a Polish store chain won the auction and returned her the medal.

Competition record

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Maria Andrejczyk
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrejczyk, Maria 1996 births Living people Polish female javelin throwers People from Suwałki People from Sejny County World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Olympic female javelin throwers Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists for Poland Polish Catholics 21st-century Polish women