Adrianna Topolnicka

Adrianna Topolnicka
Personal information
Native name
Polish: Adrianny Czapli[1]
Full nameAdrianna Daria Czapla[2]
Adrianna Daria Topolnicka
Nationality Poland
BornAdrianna Czapla (1999-2022)[3]
4 July 1999 (1999-07-04) (age 27)[3]
Home townSilesia, Poland[4]
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[3]
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
800 metres
600 metres
ClubAZS AWF Katowice[3]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
1:59.86 (2022)

1:26.84 (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
European Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place2015 Tbilisi800 m
Updated on 15 January 2024

Adrianna Daria Topolnicka (née Czapla; born 4 July 1999) is a Polish middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. Though her career has been marked by injuries,[4] she achieved her personal best of 1:59.86 at the 2022 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial and was a bronze medalist at the 2022 Polish Athletics Championships.

Biography

Topolnicks is from Silesia, and she trains with the AZS AWF Katowice athletics club in Katowice.[4]

Topolnicka's first international competition was at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival, where she won the bronze medal in the 800 m behind winner Malin Edland.[2]

The following year at the World U20 Championships, Topolnicka qualified for the semifinals with a 2:08 clocking, third in her heat in a good position to make the finals. However, she finished last among the semifinalists running 2:11.44 and failed to make the finals. It was noted by the Polish Athletic Association that Topolnicka was younger than most of her competitors, and that she had just recently competed at the 2016 European Athletics Youth Championships where she finished 5th.[5]

Topolnicka returned to continental competition at the 2021 European U23 Championships. She qualified for the finals on time by finishing 3rd in her heat with a 2:04.30 mark.[6] At the finals, Topolnicka started the race but did not finish due to injury, placing 8th by default.

At the 2022 European Championships, Topolnicka advanced past the first round but again had a poor showing in the semifinals, running 2:04.15 and failing to qualify for the finals.[1]

Statistics

Best performances

EventMarkPlaceCompetitionVenueDateRef
800 metres1:59.867thKamila Skolimowska MemorialChorzów, Poland6 August 2022[3]
600 metres1:26.841st place, gold medalist(s)Internationales Thallos LäufermeetingPliezhausen, Germany14 May 2023[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Polka w finale ME: "W biegu o medal celem będzie życiówka!"". Przegląd Sportowy Onet (in Polish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Malin Edland vant 800 meteren i Ungdoms-OL". www.kondis.no (in Norwegian). 4 August 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Adrianna Topolnicka at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  4. 1 2 3 "Zaskakujący bieg Polki. Jej kariera naznaczona jest kontuzjami". Przegląd Sportowy Onet (in Polish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "MŚ U20: złota Klaudia Maruszewska w oszczepie!". www.pzla.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "ME U23 w Tallinnie: Sułek na kursie po złoty medal w siedmioboju". www.pzla.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.