Natalia Maliszewska (born 16 September 1995) is a Polish

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

. She won silver medal at the

2018 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships The 2018 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were the 43rd World Short Track Speed Skating Championships and held from 16 to 18 March 2018 in Montreal, Canada. Medal summary Medal table Men Women References External linksOfficial ...

and gold medal at the

2019 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships The 2019 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place, for the fourth time, from 11 to 13 January 2019 in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Medal summary Medal table Men's events The results of the Championships: Women's events The res ...

Career

She started her career in short track speed skating in 2007. She made her debut in the 2012-13 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. In 2015, she became the first short track skater representing Poland to finish on the podium at a World Cup event when she placed second in the 500m in

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, Canada. She competed in the women's 500 metres at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

. She won a silver medal in the 500 metres event at the

held in

. In 2019, she won a gold medal at the

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in the 500 metre event. She ended the 2018-19

ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup The Short Track Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international short track speed skating competitions, organised yearly by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1998/1999. Every year during the winter, a number of competitions o ...

season by winning the general classification and becoming the 500 meter World Cup Champion. At the

2021 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships The 2021 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships were held from 22 to 24 January 2021 in Gdańsk, Poland. Due to fears around the COVID-19 pandemic seven time European champion Arianna Fontana will not take part. Neither will two time Eu ...

in Gdańsk she won silver medal in the 500 meters. At the 2022 Winter Olympics she was among the favourites to win an Olympic medal in the Women's 500 m event but was unable to compete as she tested positive for

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shortly after her arrival in Beijing.

Personal life

Her older sister Patrycja Maliszewska is also a short track speed skater.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maliszewska, Natalia 1995 births Living people Polish female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Poland Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Białystok

Career

Personal life

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