Anastazja Kuś (born 11 May 2007) is a Polish sprinter.[1]
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| Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m 51.89 (Banska Bystrica, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life
editShe spent part of her childhood in Istanbul, where her father, professional footballer Marcin Kuś, was playing at the time.[2] She took part in gymnastics and tennis as a youth before focusing on athletics.[3] She is a also a keen pianist.[4]
Career
editShe broke her personal bests in the 100, 200 and 400 metres in 2023, winning the Polish under-18 title over 400 metres.[5] She won a gold medal at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor in 2023.[6] She competed at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.[7]
She is a member of AZS UWM Olsztyn and was part of their club relay team that won the gold medal at the Polish Senior Indoor Championships in the 4x400 meters in February 2024. Later that year, racing in Toruń she broke the national record for under 18s, running 54.15 seconds. She lowered it further to 52.26 seconds at the Polish Outdoor Championships in Bydgoszcz in June 2024, and in the final she placed sixth overall.[8] In July 2024, she won the Polish U18 Championships with a time of 52.68 seconds in Lublin.[9]
She ran a personal best, national under-18 record and championship record 51.89 for the 400 metres to win gold at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on 20 July 2024.[10]
She was selected for the relay pool at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Anastazja Kuś". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Polish Hope. "We were driving, I opened the internet and tears flowed"". przegladsportowy.net. July 9, 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Anastazja Kuś zwycięża w Mariborze. Kim jest 16-letnia rewelacja z Olsztyna, która podbija lekkoatletyczny świat?". Olsztyn.com. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Wisniewski, Paul (July 27, 2023). "Athletics. Former Polish national footballer is proud! Daughter the fastest in Europe. Daughter flies, father chased with the ball. Number 1 is Kuś". gk24.pl. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Anastazja Kuś is the gold medalist of EYOF Maribor 2023". uwmfm.pl. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "17-year-old Polish girl is amazing! Her father is very famous". przegladsportowy.net. June 28, 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Anastazja Kuś: From the very beginning we have tried to approach sports professionally". bieganie.pl. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Will the runner from Olsztyn Anastazja Kuś go to Paris?". Gazetaolsztynska.pl. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Anastazja Kuś and Iwo Urbanowicz with medals in the Polish Athletics Championships under 18". uwmfm.pl\accessdate=14 July 2024. 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Italian and Polish doubles and four championship bests in the sprints in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Igrzyska z 17-latką! Wyciekł skład Polski na Paryż [PILNE]". sport.tvp.pl. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.