Luiza Złotkowska (born 25 May 1986) is a Polish

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. She is an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, and held the Polish record on the 5000 m distance from February 2021 to December 2022.

Speed skating career

Olympic Games

At the

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, she won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit together with Katarzyna Woźniak,

Natalia Czerwonka Natalia Barbara Czerwonka (born 20 October 1988) is a Polish Long track speed skating, long track Speed skating, speed skater who participates in international competitions. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Rest ...

and

Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Katarzyna Anna Bachleda-Curuś (née Wójcicka, born 1 January 1980) is a Polish speed skater, who was born in Sanok and resides in Zakopane. Wójcicka is specialised in allround championships as she performs well on all distances, but almost ...

. Individually, she placed 34th in the 1500 metres and 24th in the 3000 metres. At the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

in Sochi, she won silver medal in the team competition with Katarzyna Woźniak,

and

Personal records

Personal life

Złotkowska was born in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, but lives in

Zielonka Zielonka is a town in Wołomin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 17,398 inhabitants (2013). It is located about to the north-east of the centre of Warsaw. Zielonka borders Warsaw and several other towns of the Warsaw metropolitan area ...

. In 2005, she graduated from the School of Sports Championships in

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...

. She is also a graduate of the Academy of Physical Education in

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, in 2014, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland. Złotkowska's fiancé is Jan Szymański, also a Polish speed skater.

References

External links

Official website (translated)
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Luiza Zlotkowska
profile from the International Skating Union * 1986 births Polish female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Poland Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta Speed skaters from Warsaw Winter World University Games medalists in speed skating Living people FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub