WLOSZCZOWSKA Maja

Poland
Cycling Mountain Bike
9 Nov 1983
37
Female
1.71/5'7''
WARSAW
 
Poland
JELENIA GORA
 
Poland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
MTB Cycling Mountain Bike Women's Cross-country 20

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Izu MTB Course
Women's Cross-country
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

Olympic Games
YearLocationCross-country
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA2
2008Beijing, CHN2
2004Athens, GRE6

World Championships
YearLocationCross-countryMarathonXCO EliminatorXCO Team Relay X
2020Leogang, AUT8---
2019Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN17--13
2018Lenzerheide, SUI5---
2017Cairns, QLD, AUS4---
2016Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE4---
2015Vallnord, AND6--12
2014Hafjell, NOR7---
2013Pietermaritzburg, RSA2-27-
2011Champery, SUI2--15
2010Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN1---
2009Canberra, ACT, AUSDNS--11
2008Commezzadura, ITA5--4
2007Fort William, GBRDNF--2
2006Rotorua, NZL4--3
2005Livigno, ITA2--6
2004Les Gets, FRA2--3
2003Lugano, SUI71--
2002Kaprun, AUTDNF---

European Championships
YearLocationCross-countryMarathon
2020Monte Tamaro, SUI7-
2019Brno, CZE5-
2018Spilimbergo, ITA-2
2018Glasgow, GBR4-
2017Darfo Boario Terme, ITADNS-

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017
YearEventStandingsThree best ranks per season
2021Cross-country-1 x 14th, 1 x 17th, 1 x 22nd
2021Cross Country (Short Track)-1 x 14th, 1 x 21st
2020Cross-country-1 x 13th, 1 x 14th
2020Cross Country (Short Track)-1 x 7th, 1 x 12th
2019Cross-country54th1 x 13th, 1 x 25th
2018Cross-country6th1 x 1st, 3 x 5th, 1 x 7th
2018Cross Country (Short Track)-2 x 8th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 16th
2017Cross-country2nd1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocation
12018Cross-countryVal di Sole, ITA
22017Cross-countryAlbstadt, GER
32017Cross-countryVal di Sole, ITA
42017Cross-countryNove Mesto na Morave, CZE
52018Cross-countryVallnord, AND
52018Cross-countryNove Mesto na Morave, CZE
52018Cross-countryStellenbosch, RSA
62017Cross-countryLenzerheide, SUI
62017Cross-countryVallnord, AND
72020Women's Cross Country (Short Track)Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
72018Cross-countryAlbstadt, GER


Legend
IP - In Progress, XCO - Cross-country, X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad Race
2013Florence, ITA18
2005Madrid, ESP94


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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Bee (NOC, 04 May 2004)
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Athlete
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Mathematics - Wroclaw University of Science and Technology , Poland
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Partner Przemyslaw Zawada
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English, Polish
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KROSS ORLEN Cycling Team [Poland] since 2015
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Kornel Osicki [national]
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Her partner Przemyslaw Zawada is a rally co-driver who has competed in World Rally Championship. (dziendobry.tvn.pl, 08 Apr 2021; ewrc-results.com, 01 Jan 2019)
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During training in July 2012 she had an accident that resulted in two fractures to her foot and torn ankle ligaments. The injuries stopped her from competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and it took her nine months to recover. (eurosport.onet.pl, 15 Apr 2013; gazeta.pl, 01 Nov 2014; fakt.pl, 26 Jul 2012)

In September 2009 she fell from her bike during training at the 2009 World Championships in Canberra, ACT, Australia, and injured her face. She was unable to compete in the race. (fakt.pl, 03 Sep 2009; sport.banzaj.pl, 09 Sep 2009)
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She began cycling in 1997 at the Sniezka club in Karpacz, Poland. (NOC, 04 May 2004)
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Her family first got her involved in the sport. Her mother Ewa used to take her and her brother on skiing and cycling trips at the weekends, and once decided to enter them all into the family category of the Polish amateur championships. Maja won her race and the coach of the local cycling club asked her to train with the club the next day. (majawloszczowska.pl, 11 Feb 2008)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (namtb.pl, 14 Jan 2021)
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In May 2021 she said 50% of her training was done on a road bike, 40% on a mountain bike and 10% was strength training. (KROSS Bikes YouTube channel, 21 May 2021)
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"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." [Paulo Cohelo] (Facebook page, 25 Apr 2016)
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She and swimmer Pawel Korzeniowski were named flag bearers for Poland for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olimpijski.pl, 13 Jul 2021)

In 2016 she was presented with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. (isap.sejm.gov.pl, 19 Dec 2016)

In 2010 she received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. (prezydent.pl, 05 Nov 2010)

She was given the Gold Cross of Merit in 2008. (isap.sejm.gov.pl, 08 Oct 2008)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLANS
She intends to retire from professional mountain biking at the end of 2021. "I don't want to tease any more, this year I am finishing my career. I will definitely train and compete as an amateur, but I will be done with professional racing. I feel fulfilled as an athlete. I lack an overall World Cup victory and an Olympic gold, but I have two Olympic silvers and a podium finish in the World Cup general classification, plus world and European titles. But what makes me the most proud is that I have spent 18 years always being among the contenders." (redbull.com, 16 Feb 2021; sport.onet.pl, 17 Aug 2020)

AUTHOR
She wrote a book called 'School of Life' that was published in 2014, in which she described her life and what it took to return to riding after her 2012 injuries. "It is not a summary of part of my life, it is rather a crown of my success - I think that the biggest success in my career is that I came back to sport after my accident." (gazeta.pl, 01 Nov 2014)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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