Aleksandra Kałucka (born 25 December 2001) is a Polish
competition climber
Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock-climbing
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who specializes in
competition speed climbing
Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock-climbing competition held indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held on external natural rock surfaces). The three competition climbing disciplines are lead ...
. She won the bronze medal at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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in the
speed climbing
Speed climbing is a climbing discipline in which speed is the ultimate goal. Speed climbing is done on rocks, walls and poles and is only recommended for highly skilled and experienced climbers.
Competition speed climbing, which takes place on a ...
event and is a
European Championships
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
silver medallist.
Career
Kałucka participated at the
2022 IFSC Climbing European Championships, being awarded the
silver medal
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in the
women's speed event.
Kałucka competed in
speed climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won her run against
Zhou Yafei
Zhou Yafei (; born 1984-01-17 in Qingdao, Shandong) is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Major achievements
*2002 Asian Games - 1st 100m fly/4 × 100 m me ...
of China in the quarterfinals and then she lost to her teammate
Aleksandra Mirosław despite setting a new personal best time of 6.34. In the bronze medal contest she defeated Indonesia's
Rajiah Sallsabillah and finished the competition in the third place.
Personal life
She is the twin sister of
Natalia Kałucka
Natalia Kałucka (born 25 December 2001) is a Polish competition climber who specialises in competition speed climbing. She is a World Championships, European Championships and European Games gold medallist, and a World Games silver medallist. Ka ...
.
Achievements
Olympic Games
World championships
World Cup
European championships
References
External links
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Living people
2001 births
Sportspeople from Tarnów
Polish twins
Polish rock climbers
Speed climbers
Polish female climbers
Polish competition climbers
21st-century Polish sportswomen
Sport climbers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists
Sport climbers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Olympic medalists in sport climbing
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