Olympic Track & Field Codexery

Anita Włodarczyk

Polish hammer thrower, three-time Olympic champion and world record holder.

Last updated

The Polish hammer thrower Anita Włodarczyk came into the world on 8 August 1985.[1] Having won gold at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympics, she also possesses the women's global best of 82.98 m.[1] Many regard her as the top female hammer thrower ever.[1]

Key facts and history

On 11 October 2016, she was retroactively awarded gold after Tatyana Lysenko was stripped of the medal for doping.[2] Two weeks later, she threw 82.98 m at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw, setting another world record.[3] While celebrating that record, she hurt her left ankle, which forced an early end to her 2009 competitive season.[4] On 1 August 2015, by hurling the hammer 81.08 m, she became the first woman to surpass 80 m, setting a new world record.[5]

In 2016 she was named Polish Sports Personality of the Year, and in 2021 she was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[6] Among women's hammer throw performances, she occupies every spot in the top 15 and 27 of the top 30.[7]

What the cited sources add

An IAAF news report notes that Włodarczyk's 78.30 m world record in Bydgoszcz came in the third round of competition.[8] After the record throw, she applied ice to her right calf.[8] The report states she was coming back from a serious injury suffered the previous year.[8]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Anita Włodarczyk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ansari, "Olympic records in throwing events – going the distance with a spear, disc, hammer and ball", IOC, 16 June 2021; Landells, "Report: women's hammer final – Rio 2016 Olympic Games", IAAF, 15 August 2016 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Anita Włodarczyk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gains, "Dibaba 30:24.39 and Kiprop 27:01.98 on stunning but wet first night in Eugene – Samsung Diamond League", IAAF, 2 June 2012; "Athletics at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Hammer Throw Final Round Olympics at Sports-Reference.com", Olympics at Sports-Reference.com; "IOC sanctions Tatyana Lysenko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012", International Olympic Committee; "Hammer Throw Women – The XXX Olympic Games", IAAF.org; "London 2012 Hammer Throw Women", International Olympic Committee (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Anita Włodarczyk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Hammer Throw Women – The XXXI Olympic Games", IAAF.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Anita Włodarczyk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Earth Times; http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=55178.htmlIAAF.; Turner, "Wlodarczyk blasts out 75.13m release in Dakar – IAAF World Challenge", IAAF, 24 April 2010; Jackowski, "78.30m World record in the Hammer Throw by Wlodarczyk in Bydgoszcz – UPDATED", IAAF, 6 June 2010; "Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge", IAAF, 8 September 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Anita Włodarczyk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Florian van Dijck (1 August 2015). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Anita Włodarczyk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Włodarczyk chosen as Polish sportsperson of 2016", poland.pl; "M.P. 2021 poz. 1023", isap.sejm.gov.pl (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Anita Włodarczyk" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Hammer Throw women senior – All time top lists", www.worldathletics.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Jackowski, "78.30m World record in the Hammer Throw by Wlodarczyk in Bydgoszcz – UPDATED", IAAF, 6 June 2010. facts only, no text reused. iaaf.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Anita Włodarczyk (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

Ranked in

Tallest Olympic athletes

More in Olympic Track & Field

Armin HaryAshton EatonDaley ThompsonDick FosburyFanny Blankers-KoenJackie Joyner-KerseeAllyson FelixAlmaz AyanaArmand DuplantisBetty RobinsonBob BeamonBob Mathias

Sources

Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.

Spotted an error? Know more?

Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced

Comments

Loading…
Open in the interactive codex →