Klaudia Siciarz

Klaudia Siciarz
Personal information
Born (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
100 m hurdles, 60 m hurdles
ClubAZS-AWF Kraków[1]
Coached byEwa Ślusarczyk
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Poland
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Gävle100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2019 Gävle4 x 100 m

Klaudia Siciarz (pronounced [ˈklaw.dja ˈɕi.t͡ɕaʐ]; born 15 March 1998) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles.[2] In February 2017 she ran 8.00 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles which was the world U20 record[3] until being broken by Tara Davis with 7.98 the following indoor season. In addition, she won a bronze medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 European U20 Championships and the silver at the 2019 European U23 Championships.[4] She retired from athletics in April 2025 at the age of 27.[5]

Her personal bests are 12.82 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (+1.8 m/s, Gävle 2019) and 7.95 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Toruń 2019).

Early life and education

Siciarz was born in Kraków, Poland. Alongside her athletic career, she studied sports at the University of Physical Education in Kraków (AWF Kraków).[6]

Career

Domestic Accomplishments

Through her career representing AZS-AWF Kraków, Siciarz established herself as one of Poland's top short hurdlers. At the 2017 Polish Indoor Championships in Toruń, she captured her first senior national title in the 60m hurdles where she set her (now old) World U20 Record of 8.00s.[7] After 2017, two more national titles in the same discipline followed in 2019 (set personal best) and 2022.[8] Outdoors, she won the senior Polish national title in the 100 metres hurdles in 2018 with a wind-assisted time of 12.74s and earned silver in 2023 behind Pia Skrzyszowska as well as in 2019, 2021 and 2022.[9] Her personal bests of 7.95s (60m hurdles indoors) and 12.82s (100m hurdles outdoors) rank among the top ten fastest times in Polish athletics history in their respective disciplines.[10][11]

International Accomplishments & Breakthroughs

On the international stage, Siciarz made a major early breyakthrough on February 18, 2017, when she set a World U20 Indoor Record in the 60m with a time of 8.00s at the age of only 18.[7] That summer, she secured bronze at the 2017 European U20 Championships in Grosseto. Her major international breakthrough cam during a dominant 2019 season. After reaching the semifinals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, she starred at the 2019 European U23 Championships in Gävle, claiming silver in the 100m hurdles with a career-best time of 12.82s and adding a bronze in the 4 × 100 m relay. This momentum carried her througnh the pandemic-disrupted period into her senior Olympic debut at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021. In Tokyo, she reached the semifinals of the 100m hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (finishing 17th overall with 12.84s).[12][8] She went on to represent Poland at subsequent major championships, including the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, and the European Championships in Munich (2022) and Rome (2024).[13][14][15][16]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Poland
2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Utrecht, Netherlands 19th (h) 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 15.03
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 8th 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.75
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.33
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 16th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.12
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 13th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.14
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.82
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.08
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 17th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.84
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 31st (h) 100 m hurdles 13.27
European Championships Munich, Germany 10th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.00
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 38th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.25
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 12th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.94

References

  1. ↑ "PZLA profile". PZLA. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Klaudia Siciarz at World Athletics
  3. ↑ "Siciarz speeds to world u20 60m hurdles record at Polish indoor championships – indoor round-up". IAAF. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Pęczak, Jan (7 April 2025). "Klaudia Siciarz zakończyła sportową karierę. "Otwieram nowe drzwi, które również będą związane ze sportem"". tvp.sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Skraba, Paweł (2020-11-23). "Siciarz chce wrócić w mocnym stylu w roku igrzysk". Pasja AZS (in Polish). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  7. 1 2 "Siciarz speeds to world U20 60m hurdles record at Polish Indoor Championships – indoor round-up | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  8. 1 2 "Klaudia SICIARZ | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  9. ↑ "Nie będzie kolejnej rywalizacji ze Skrzyszowską. Była mistrzyni Polski rezygnuje". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 2025-04-06. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  10. ↑ "Dwa szybkie biegi Klaudii Siciarz w Jyväskyli". Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  11. ↑ "60 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  12. ↑ S.A, Telewizja Polska. "Klaudia Siciarz - Lekkoatletyka, Polska | TVP SPORT". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  13. ↑ "HEATS | 100 Metres Hurdles | Results | Budapest 23 | World Athletics Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  14. ↑ "HEATS | 100 Metres Hurdles | Results | Oregon 22 | World Athletics Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  15. ↑ "Kapitalna formy polskiej płotkarki. Z taką formą będzie medal?". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
  16. ↑ "Skrzyszowska w finale, ale kapitalny rekord innej Polki. I to by była sensacja". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
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