Angelika Cichocka (pronounced: ; born 15 March 1988) is a Polish athlete who specializes in

middle-distance running Middle-distance running events are Track and field#Running, track races longer than Sprint (running), sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be clas ...

. She won the silver medal in the

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 ...

at the 2014 World Indoor Championships, a gold 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 ...

at the 2016 European Championships, a silver for the same event at the 2015 European Indoor Championships, and a bronze for the 800 m at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. Cichocka beat

Sifan Hassan Sifan Hassan ( om, Siifan Hassan; born 1 January 1993) is an Ethiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning gold medals in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, ...

representing

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en route to her 1500 metres gold at the 2016 European Athletics Championships.

International competitions

Personal bests

– 1:58.41 (London 2017) ** 800 metres indoor – 2:00.37 (Sopot 2014) *

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 ...

– 2:34.84 (Sopot 2016) *

– 4:01.61 (Paris 2017) ** 1500 metres indoor – 4:06.35 (Düsseldorf 2018) *

Mile The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English ...

– 4:19.58 (London 2017)

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* 1988 births Living people People from Kartuzy Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland European Athletics Championships medalists 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub