Kaja ZIOMEK

Poland

Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 3 Aug 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.69/5'6''

Place of birth: LUBIN

Birth Country:

Poland

Residence: LUBIN

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Speed Skating	Women's 500m	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 500m	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
25	Women's 500m	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Women's 1500m	2012	Innsbruck, AUT
15	Mass Start	2012	Innsbruck, AUT
16	Women's 500m	2012	Innsbruck, AUT

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's Team Sprint	2022	Heerenveen, NED
3	Women's Team Sprint	2020	Heerenveen, NED
6	Women's Team Pursuit	2022	Heerenveen, NED
7	Women's 500m	2020	Heerenveen, NED
8	Women's 500m	2022	Heerenveen, NED
8	Women's Sprint	2021	Heerenveen, NED
8	Women's 1000m	2020	Heerenveen, NED
9	Women's Sprint	2019	Collalbo, ITA
14	Women's Sprint	2017	Heerenveen, NED
16	Women's 500m	2018	Kolomna, RUS

World Single Distance Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's Team Sprint	2020	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
10	Women's 500m	2021	Heerenveen, NED
11	Women's 500m	2019	Inzell, GER
16	Women's 500m	2020	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
16	Women's Sprint	2020	Hamar, NOR
17	Women's 1000m	2021	Heerenveen, NED

World Cup
Season	Women's 500m	Women's 1000m	Women's Team Sprint
2020/21	10	30
2019/20	16	32	7
2018/19	24	40	9
2017/18	41	64
2016/17	62	63
2015/16	48

Hobbies:

Watching television

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Management - Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education (Katowice, POL)

Family:

Partner, Artur Nogal.

Languages spoken:

Polish, English

Club name:

MKS Cuprum Lubin

Coach:

National: Tuomas Nieminen (FIN)

Sporting relatives:

Partner Artur Nogal (Speed skating): Two-time Polish Olympian (2014, 2018), finishing 36th in the 500m on both occasions. European team sprint bronze medallist in 2018.

Debut:

2011 Internationales Rennen in Inzell (500m - 38th/11th, 1000m - 19th, 1500m -26th)
2016 World Cup in Stavanger (500m B - 19th/13th)

Injuries:

2020: Muscle injury during training camp.

National team:

2015

Start:

Started at age 10 in Lubin. (isu.org)

Reason:

"I started ice skating because of my sister. She is three years older than me, and in Lubin you could join a sports class from the fourth grade of primary school. She went ice skating then, and I did everything she did." (pzls.pl, 6 Oct 2019)

Ambition:

Win a medal at the Olympic Winter Games. (pzls.pl, 6 Oct 2019)

Memorable:

Finishing 11th in the 500m at the 2019 World Single Distances Championships in Inzell. (pzls.pl, 6 Oct 2019)

Hero:

Speed skater and partner Artur Nogal (POL), two-time Olympian and 2018 European team sprint bronze medallist. (isu.org)

Influence:

Mother (Info 2018)

General Interest

MOTIVATION
After suffering a muscle injury during training camp in Germany, she was forced to return to Poland due to a positive COVID test in the Polish team. Had to be quarantined, which severely lowered her motivation, which was compounded by her loss of the Polish 500 m title shortly afterwards. "Today, nothing is certain, but I will not give up. I will endure it all and wait for better times." (sport.interia.pl, 16 Nov 2020)

Milestones

Finished ninth in the 500m at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Her 11th place in the 500m at the 2019 World Single Distance Championships was the best ever performance for a Polish skater in that distance. It has since been bettered by teammate Wojcick and Ziomek herself, placing ninth and 10th in 2021.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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