Wioletta Frankiewicz (née Janowska) (born 9 June 1977 in

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) is a Polish runner. She competes in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in

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. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor Championships in 2003 (800 m). She also won the National outdoor championships in 2004 (5000 m) and in 2005 (1500 m). She won the bronze medal in the inaugural

3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the h ...

for women at the

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800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

: 2:06.86 *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

: 2:36.97 *

: 4:03.09 *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

: 8:44.22 *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

: 15:08.38 * 10000 metres: 32:16.27 * 15 kilometres: 51:29 *

: 9:17.15

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1977 births Living people Polish female steeplechase runners Polish female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Piotrków Trybunalski European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub

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