Katarzyna Kowalska (born 7 April 1985 in Lipno) is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and 2012 Olympic Games and reached the final of the

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. She also competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and the 2007, 2009, and 2013 World Championships. Kowalska was Poland's best finisher at the

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. She has won numerous medals at the under-23 level, including two golds at the

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and a bronze at the

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Career

Her first international competition was the 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships, where she finished fourth in her heats. Kowalska won the steeplechase gold at the

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. In 2006, she won a bronze in the European Cup and at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, she recorded a personal best of 9:42.50 in the qualifiers before going on to finish ninth in the final. She represented

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in the 5000 metres at the 2006 IAAF World Cup in Athens but finished in last place.Kowalska Katarzyna Biography
IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-04. She ran at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships in the under-23 race, and although she finished ninth, she headed Poland to the team silver medal. She won the gold medal at the 2007 European Cup (athletics), 2007 European Cup and retained her title at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships with a personal best run of 9:39.40. She made her first global appearance for Poland at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics later that year, getting eliminated in the heats stage. In December, she won the individual and team bronze medals in the under-23 competition at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships. She represented Poland at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but again failed to progress beyond the heats of the steeplechase. Having recorded a new personal best time of 9:26.93 in the heats, Kowalska reached her first global senior final at the

and finished in twelfth place. She was selected to run at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final and she finished eighth. After winning the Polish Cross Country Championships in 2010, she attended the

in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and was the host's best performer with a 36th-place finish in the women's senior race.Senior Race - W Final
IAAF (2010-03-28). Retrieved on 2010-03-30.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

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Katarzyna Kowalska
at the Polish Athletic Association, ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kowalska, Katarzyna 1985 births Living people Polish female long-distance runners Polish female steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Lipno, Lipno County Athletes from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland