HOLUB-KOWALIK Malgorzata

Date of Birth: 30 Oct 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: KOSZALIN

Birth Country:

Poland

Place of residence : KOSZALIN

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 (51.93)	6th (3:27.28)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	2nd (3:21.89)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (52.26)	3rd (3:25.41)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Heats (51.74)	Heats (3:32.83)
2013	Moscow, RUS	-	Heats (3:29.75)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	2nd (3:28.81)
2019	Yokohama, JPN	5th (3:20.65)
2017	Nassau, BAH	2nd (3:28.28)

European Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (51.74)	1st (3:26.59)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Bydgoszcz, POL	52.07
4	2020	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Chorzow, POL	52.19

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	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

Gosia, Malgosia (wysokieobcasy.pl, 18 Aug 2018)

Cooking. (24kurier.pl, 18 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete, Student

Environmental Studies - Koszalin University of Technology, Poland

Husband Jakub Kowalik

Languages spoken:

English, Polish

AZS UMCS Lublin [Poland]

Aleksander Matusinski [national], POL; Zbigniew Maksymiuk [personal], POL

In early 2019 she had problems with her sciatic nerve. (bieganie.pl, 28 Jun 2019)

She took up athletics in the sixth grade of primary school. (wysokieobcasy.pl, 18 Aug 2018)

When she was in third grade at primary school she was unable to go to sports classes because of an eye condition that had required surgery. The following year she was able to take up basketball, and in the sixth grade she won a children's tetrathlon. A local coach then convinced her to get involved in athletics. "At the beginning I thought that basketball was more interesting. But the longer I trained in athletics, the more I discovered its beauty. I saw how you can overcome your weaknesses and I think it's what I loved the most. I had to focus on one sport and I chose athletics. I don't regret it." (wysokieobcasy.pl, 18 Aug 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tvp.pl, 20 May 2020)

Winning gold in the 4x400m relay at the 2019 World Relays in Yokohama, Japan, and claiming bronze in the 4x400m relay at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (Za Linia Mety YouTube channel 30 Jul 2020; 24kurier.pl, 18 Jan 2020)

US 400m runner Sanya Richards-Ross. (wywiady24.blog.onet.pl, 29 Apr 2015)

General Interest

General
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'. "People can see that we are all good friends, which is why we are such a great team. We train together at camps, we support and understand each other well. There is a connection and trust between us that other teams don't have. They mostly see each other only during competitions, but we are close friends outside the stadium. In our team, every girl would go through fire for one another." (kurierlubelski.pl, 30 Mar 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She served as a city councillor in Koszalin, Poland from 2015 to 2018. "Actually I was not aware how much work it is. It was a great honour and responsibility, but it was very difficult to combine it with the life of a professional athlete." (arenatorun.pl, 01 Mar 2021; Za Linia Mety YouTube channel 30 Jul 2020; wywiady24.blog.onet.pl, 29 Apr 2015)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied domestic security at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland. (azs.umcs.pl, 02 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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