Adrianna Sułek-Schubert (pronounced: [adrˈjan.na ˈsu.wɛk]; born 3 April 1999[2]) is a Polish athlete competing in the combined events. She won the silver medal in the pentathlon at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Sułek placed fourth in the heptathlon at the 2022 World Championships, and took silvers at the 2022 European Championships and 2023 European Indoor Championships.
.jpg) Sułek at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 3 April 1999 Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Poland |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Heptathlon, pentathlon |
| Club | Brda Bydgoszcz[1] |
| Coached by | Marek Rzepka (2022–) Marek Kubiszewski (2021) Wiesław Czapiewski (–2019) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Medal record | |
She was the heptathlon 2018 World Under-20 Championships bronze medallist, and 2021 European U23 champion. Sułek is the Polish record holder for both the heptathlon and pentathlon. She won seven individual national titles.
Early life and background
editAdrianna Sułek was brought up by her mother, a Polish philologist, in Ostromecko near Bydgoszcz. She started out playing volleyball and competed in 2014 as a middle attacker at Pałac Bydgoszcz club.[3] After she had been given an ultimatum to play as a libero because of her height, she switched to track and field, competing for Zawisza Bydgoszcz and coached by Wiesław Czapiewski who died in 2019.[4][5]
Sułek graduated from XI Sports High School in Bydgoszcz and, as of 2022, was a student of Journalism and Social Communication at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.[6][7]
Career
edit2016–2022
editSułek made her international debut in 2016, finishing 14th in the heptathlon at the European Under-18 Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[2]
After her bronze in the event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships and European U23 gold in 2021, she had a breakthrough 2022 season. At the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March, the 22-year-old won the silver medal in the pentathlon, breaking Urszula Włodarczyk's 24-year-old Polish national record by 43 points with her score of 4851 points.[8] In July, she placed fourth in the heptathlon at the World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, totalling 6672 points and beating Małgorzata Nowak's Polish record dating back to 1985 by 56 pts.[9] She wrapped up her long season the following month by taking silver at the Munich European Championships, where she lost injured (biceps femoris problems) only to two-time Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam. Sułek set in this competition personal bests in three disciplines.[10] She achieved altogether four heptathlons over 6400 points that year to secure her first overall World Combined Events Tour victory, becoming only the second Polish athlete after Włodarczyk in 1998 to do so.[11][12]
2023–present
editIn March 2023, Sułek broke for the first time the pentathlon 5000-point barrier to set her second Polish record that year in the event. She established personal bests in four events and scored 5014 pts at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, beating the world record set in 2012 in the same Ataköy Arena by Ukraine's Nataliya Dobrynska (5013 pts). Finishing first the 800 m run, the final of the five events in pentathlon, Sułek held the new world record for about six seconds only and had to settle for silver, however, as Thiam set even better mark of 5055 pts.[13][14]
Personal life
editShe is married to a former Polish hurdler, Kacper Schubert.[15] In February 2024 she gave birth to their first child.[16]
Achievements
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International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | European U18 Championships | Tbilisi, Georgia | 14th | Heptathlon | 5282 pts |
| 2017 | European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 7th | Heptathlon | 5784 pts |
| 2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | Heptathlon | 5939 pts |
| 2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 6th | Heptathlon | 5954 pts |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 9th | Pentathlon | 4231 pts |
| European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 1st | Heptathlon | 6305 pts | |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 16th | Heptathlon | 6164 pts | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 2nd | Pentathlon | 4851 pts NR |
| World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 4th | Heptathlon | 6672 pts NR | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6532 pts | |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | Pentathlon | 5014 pts NR |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 12th | Heptathlon | 6226 pts |
Personal bests
edit| Event | Performance | Points | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m hurdles | 13.08 s | 1112 | Warsaw, Poland | 18 June 2022 | |
| High jump | 1.92 m | 1132 | Götzis, Austria | 28 May 2022 | |
| Shot put | 14.44 m | 823 | Götzis, Austria | 27 May 2023 | |
| 200 metres | 23.77 s | 1003 | Eugene, OR, United States | 17 July 2022 | |
| Long jump | 6.55 m | 1023 | Munich, Germany | 18 August 2022 | |
| Javelin throw | 42.86 m | 722 | Munich, Germany | 18 August 2022 | |
| 800 metres | 2:07.18 | 1006 | Eugene, OR, United States | 18 July 2022 | |
| Heptathlon | 6672 pts | PB total: 6821 | Eugene, OR, United States | 18 July 2022 | NR |
| Event | Performance | Points | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m hurdles | 8.21 s | 1082 | Istanbul, Turkey | 3 March 2023 | |
| High jump | 1.89 m | 1093 | Toruń, Poland | 5 March 2022 | |
| Shot put | 13.89 m | 787 | Istanbul, Turkey | 3 March 2023 | |
| Long jump | 6.62 m | 1046 | Istanbul, Turkey | 3 March 2023 | |
| 800 metres | 2:07.17 | 1006 | Istanbul, Turkey | 3 March 2023 | |
| Pentathlon | 5014 pts | PB total: 5014 | Istanbul, Turkey | 3 March 2023 | NR, 2nd of all time |
| Pentathlon U20 | 4385 pts | Toruń, Poland | 17 February 2018 | NU20R |
Circuit wins and titles, National titles
edit- World Athletics Combined Events Tour Overall winner: 2022
- 2022: Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial
- Polish Athletics Championships
- Heptathlon: 2019, 2021, 2022
- 4 × 100 m relay: 2019
- Polish Indoor Athletics Championships
- Pentathlon: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
References
edit- ^ "Adrianna SUŁEK – PZLA Profile". Polish Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Adrianna SUŁEK – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Fiałkowski, Szymon (27 July 2018). "Igrzyska olimpijskie są moim celem" (PDF). MetropoliaBydgoska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Wypijewski, Krzysztof (18 March 2022). "Rodowita bydgoszczanka, Adrianna Sułek wicemistrzynią świata! Ewa Swoboda była czwarta". Express Bydgoski (in Polish). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Kowalczyk, Edyta; Radomski, Jakub (1 April 2022). "Polka nie zna ojca, ale kochała trenera. Nie zdążyli się pożegnać". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Onet.pl. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Adrianna Sułek". zs9.bydgoszcz.pl (in Polish). XI Liceum Ogólnokształcące. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Wicemistrzyni świata – Adrianna Sułek na spotkaniu z Rektorem". Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (in Polish). 30 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ Bonecki, Mateusz (2022-03-18). "Mamy pierwszy medal HMŚ. Adrianna Sułek z rekordem Polski!". TVP Sport (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ Górecki, Mateusz (2022-07-19). "Kapitalny wynik Sułek. Poprawiła rekord Polski po... 37 latach!". TVP Sport (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ "Sułek wygrała z rywalkami i kontuzją! Mamy kolejny medal ME". TVP Sport (in Polish). 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ Petruczenko, Maciej (2022-09-20). "Adrianna Sułek z połową doli Nafissatou Thiam". Przegląd Sportowy at Onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ "Sulek and Victor confirmed winners of World Athletics Combined Events Tour". World Athletics. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ^ Adams, Tim (3 March 2023). "Nafi Thiam sets world record in greatest ever pentathlon". AW. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
Adrianna Sułek held the world pentathlon record for six seconds but Nafissatou Thiam now claims that coveted crown.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (3 March 2023). "Greatest pentathlon ever! Thiam 5055 points and Sulek 5014 points in Istanbul". European Athletics. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Adrianna Sułek wyszła za mąż. Lekkoatletka niedługo powita na świecie swoje pierwsze dziecko [zdjęcia]". pomorska.pl (in Polish). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Radosna nowina! Adrianna Sułek urodziła dziecko!". www.polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
External links
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- Adrianna Sułek at World Athletics
- Adrianna Sułek at the Polish Athletic Association (in Polish)
- Adrianna Sułek at Olympedia
