SWIETY-ERSETIC Justyna

Date of Birth: 3 Dec 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: RACIBORZ

Birth Country:

Poland

Place of residence : RACIBORZ

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 4 x 400m Relay POL Poland	2
	4 x 400m Relay Mixed POL Poland	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 400m Relay Mixed Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (51.62)	6th (3:27.28)
2012	London, GBR	-	1R (3:30.15)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	7th (50.95)	2nd (3:21.89)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (53.62)	3rd (3:25.41)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	Heats (3:32.83)
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	Heats (3:29.75)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	1st (3:27.49)
2017	Nassau, BAH	2nd (3:28.28)

European Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Berlin, GER	1st (50.41)	1st (3:26.59)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	400m
2020	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2019	1 x 4th, 2 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2018	1 x 7th
2017	1 x 5th, 1 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2020	400m	Rome, ITA	51.94
4	2020	400m	Monaco, MON	52.11
4	2019	400m	Zurich, SUI	51.54
5	2019	400m	London, GBR	51.58
5	2019	400m	Rome, ITA	52.04
5	2017	400m	Shanghai, CHN	51.64
6	2019	400m	Lausanne, SUI	51.73
7	2019	400m	Shanghai, CHN	51.85
7	2018	400m	Stockholm, SWE	51.34
7	2017	400m	Rome, ITA	51.81

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2020	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Chorzow, POL	51.33
2	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Bydgoszcz, POL	51.91

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	400m	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	51.05
1	2017	400m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	51.15
3	2018	400m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	51.48
5	2018	400m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	52.61
8	2019	300m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	36.50

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	4th (51.85)	2nd (3:26.09)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Spending time with her dog, reading, baking. (Za Linia Mety YouTube channel, 28 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Serves in the Army

Physical Education - Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education [AWF] in Katowice, Poland

Husband Dawid Ersetic

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

AZS AWF Katowice [Poland]

Aleksander Matusinski [club, national], POL

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Dawid Ersetic has represented Poland in Greco-Roman wrestling, including at the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France. (tvn24.pl, 05 Mar 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 01 May 2020)

She was diagnosed with COVID-19 in April 2021 and was forced to withdraw from 2021 World Relays in Chorzow, Poland. (Instagram profile, 17 May 2021)

A minor injury meant she did not compete in 4x400m relay at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland. (radiozet.pl, 09 Mar 2021)

In June 2017 she sprained her ankle and went against doctors' advice to compete at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (wysokieobcasy.pl, 18 Aug 2018)

She took up athletics in Raciborz, Poland. (se.pl, 24 Aug 2018)

She tried a number of sports when she was younger before participating in an inter-school athletics competition and performing well. "It was not love at first sight, and my first training sessions were a brutal collision with reality. I thought that training would be running short distances and nothing more, but it turned out that I had to run three kilometres. I imagined it totally differently but with my first achievements I started to like it." (Za Linia Mety YouTube channel, 28 May 2020; wywiady24.blog.onet.pl, 20 Mar 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tvn24.pl, 05 Mar 2021)

Winning gold in the 400m at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany, and claiming bronze in the 4x400m relay at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (mccmedale.pl, 01 Feb 2019)

US athletes Allyson Felix and Sanya Richard-Ross. (wywiady24.blog.onet.pl, 20 Mar 2015)

Philosophy:

"It doesn't matter how many times you fall down. What matters is how many times you get back up." (wywiady24.blog.onet.pl, 20 Mar 2015)

In 2020 she received the Golden Spikes, an annual award presented by the Polish Athletic Association. (pzla.pl, 04 Dec 2020)

General Interest

General
LONG TERM COACH
She is coached by Aleksander Matusinski at club and international level. "We have worked together since 2011, so it's been a while. Year by year it's getting better. He knows when to push hard and when to let it go. We have very good contact and it makes everything easier. He has guided my career very well over the last 10 years. Training is constantly changing, as he is always looking for new methods. He tries to introduce and add new stimulus for me. We have still a lot to achieve and we will prove it very soon." (polsatsport.pl, 07 Mar 2021; tvp.pl, 25 Dec 2019)

MATUSINSKI'S ANGELS
She began competing for the Polish women's 4x400m relay team in 2011. Led by Aleksander Matusinski, the team is known in Poland as 'Matusinski's Angels'. "I always say that without our sense of friendship we would not have achieved the results we have. Our relationship off the track has an impact on our results on the track. During all these years we have created a great group." (polsatsport.pl, 22 Nov 2018)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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