POPOWICZ-DRAPALA Marika

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (11.70)	Round 1 (43.33)
2012	London, GBR	-	1R (43.07)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2013	Moscow, RUS	Heats (23.22)	Heats (43.18)
2011	Daegu, KOR	-	Heats (DNF)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (DNF)

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2019	4 x 100m Relay	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	43.45
4	2017	4 x 100m Relay	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	44.24

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

Athlete

Journalism - Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Husband Radoslaw Drapala, son Ignacy

English, Polish

SL WKS Zawisza Bydgoszcz [Poland]

Jacek Lewandowski [national], POL

Her husband Radoslaw Drapala has represented Poland in track events. (bydgoszcz.sport.pl, 18 Jan 2015)

In August 2015 she re-injured the cruciate ligament in her knee at an event in Szczecin, Poland, which ruled her out of the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China. (sport.express.bydgoski.pl, 10 Aug 2015; 18 Jan 2014; sportowefakty.wp.pl, 10 Feb 2016)

In January 2014 she ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee during a training camp in Spala, Poland. It took her almost a year to fully recover. (sport.express.bydgoski.pl, 10 Aug 2015; 18 Jan 2014; sportowefakty.wp.pl, 10 Feb 2016)

She took up running at age 13. (gniezno.naszemiasto.pl, 29 Aug 2012)

Earlier she tried different sports like volleyball, handball and table tennis. But after competing in cross-country competitions, she decided to focus solely on running. (gniezno.naszemiasto.pl, 29 Aug 2012)

In 2010 she was awarded the Polish Bronze Cross of Merit. (isap.sejm.gov.pl, 11 Feb 2011)