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Maria Andrejczyk

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Maria Andrejczyk
Andrejczyk in 2019
Personal information
Full nameMaria Magdalena Andrejczyk
Born (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 30)
Suwałki, Poland[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
ParentsTomasz Andrejczyk (father)
Małgorzata Andrejczyk (mother)
Websitemaria-andrejczyk.com
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event
Javelin throw
ClubLUKS Hańcza Suwałki
PartnerMarcin Rosengarten (since 2018)
Coached byKarol Sikorski
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsNR 71.40 m (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoJavelin throw
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 EskilstunaJavelin throw
Updated on 12 August 2019

Maria Magdalena Andrejczyk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarja anˈdrɛjtʂɨk]; born 9 March 1996) is a Polish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw.[2] She is a three-time Olympian and won the silver medal in the javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Andrejczyk is also a European Team Championships silver medalist and European Junior Championships gold medalist. Her personal best throw of 71.40 m, set in 2021, is the Polish record and ranks her third on the women's world all-time list.[3]

In the 2025 Polish television series The Breslau Murders, she played the role of Stanisława Walasiewicz.[4]

Career

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Andrejczyk competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.

Andrejczyk represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On 16 August 2016, she achieved her personal best and a new Polish national record – 67.11 metres – while competing in the qualifying round. She went on to finish fourth in the final, missing out on a bronze medal by just two centimetres.

Soon after the Olympics she underwent an operation on the injured shoulder and lost the entire 2017 season. She returned to competition in June 2018 but could not build a good enough form for the 2018 European Championships in Berlin. The next season marked an improvement as she finished second at the 2019 European Team Championships Super League held on home soil in Bydgoszcz and qualified for the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where, however, she was eliminated in the qualifying round.

In the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Andrejczyk won the silver medal in the women's javelin throw event.[5]

Personal life

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Andrejczyk is a Roman Catholic.[6]

Since the end of 2018, She has been in a relationship with the Polish trainer Marcin Rosengarten.[7]

In 2018, Andrejczyk was diagnosed with bone cancer which she survived.[8]

Philanthropy

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Andrejczyk auctioned off her Tokyo Olympic silver medal to help fund the heart surgery of an 8-month-old baby. Żabka, a Polish store chain won the auction and let her keep the medal.[9]

Competition record

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Poland
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 26th (q) Javelin throw (500 g) 45.14 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 5th Javelin throw 53.66 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 1st 59.73 m
World Championships Beijing, China 28th (q) 56.75 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 13th (q) 57.93 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 64.78 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 22nd (q) 57.68 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 64.61 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 21st (q) 55.47 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 10th 58.29 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 8th 62.44 m

References

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  1. ↑ Polish 2016 Olympic team at the Polish Olympic Committee website
  2. ↑ Maria Andrejczyk at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ "Niesamowity rzut Marii Andrejczyk. Rekord Polski" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nowy polski serial kryminalny. Wśród obsady - Mariusz Wlazły!". siatkarskieligi.pl (in Polish).
  5. ↑ "Athletics – Final Results". Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Polish Olympian auctions off silver medal to pay for toddler's operation". Aleteia — Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Dowiedzieliśmy się, kim jest partner Marii Andrejczyk. To wiele wyjaśnia" (in Polish). Sport SP. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Olympic Javelin Medalist, 28, With Bone Cancer Journey Auctions Off Medal To Help Sick Children: 'Fate Is Sometimes Very Unfair'". SurvivorNet. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Olympian Maria Andrejczyk auctions off medal to help pay for infant's heart surgery". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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