WIERZBOWSKA Maria

Poland
Rowing
13 Feb 1995
26
Female
1.73/5'8''
KRAKOW
 
Poland
KRAKOW
 
Poland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing Women's Four
POL
Poland
 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Four Heat 1
#43
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Four Repechage 1
#75
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Women's Four Final A
#101
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocation2-
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA10

World Championships
YearLocation2-4-
2019Linz, AUT-4
2018Plovdiv, BUL-5
2017Sarasota, FL, USA-2
2015Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA12-

European Championships
YearLocation4-
2021Varese, ITA9
2020Poznan, POL7
2019Lucerne, SUI3
2018Glasgow, GBR3

World Cup
RankEventYearLocationResult
3Four2021Sabaudia, ITA6:28.34
4Four2021Lucerne, SUI6:40.46
6Four2018Lucerne, SUI6:39.84
7Pair2018Belgrade, SRB7:14.30
8Four2019Rotterdam, NED7:05.30
10Four2019Poznan, POL7:16.45
12Four2018Linz, AUT6:49.71


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded
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Marysia (wioslarstwo-krakow.pl, 01 Jan 2016)
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Sports, sailing, cooking, photography. (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2020; Facebook profile, 09 Oct 2019; radiokrakow.pl, 08 Oct 2019)
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Athlete
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Jagiellonian University, Krakow, POL
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English, Polish
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Bydgostia Bydgoszcz [Bydgoszcz, POL]
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Michal Kozlowski [club, national], POL; Jakob Urban [national], POL
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Her older sister Anna Wierzbowska has represented Poland in rowing and competed in coxless pair at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2019 World Championships in Linz, Austria. ( SportsDeskOnline, 12 Feb 2020; eurosport.onet.pl, 31 May 2015)
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She took up rowing in 2007. (eurosport.onet.pl, 31 May 2015)
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She initially trained in swimming, but wanted to follow in the footsteps of her older sister Anna, who took up rowing. "When she started to train in rowing I also became interested, but it was a period of our life when we didn't get on well, so she didn't want me to do the sport with her. But when she moved to the United States to study, I was finally able to start rowing." (radiokrakow.pl, 08 Oct 2017; wioslarstwo-krakow.pl, 01 Jan 2016; eurosport.onet.pl, 31 May 2015)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (LOTTO-Bydgostia Facebook page, 19 May 2020)
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Competing in coxless pair alongside her sister Anna at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and winning silver in coxless four at the 2017 World Championships in Sarasota, FL, United States of America. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Jun 2021; Pani Krol YouTube channel, 29 Jan 2020; radiokrakow.pl, 08 Oct 2017)

General Interest

General
MEDAL DEDICATED TO SISTER
Shortly before the 2017 World Championships in Sarasota, FL, United States of America, her sister Anna was involved in a traffic accident when she was hit by a bus while cycling in Walcz, Poland. Maria was also there, and provided first aid. She went on to win silver in coxless four at the world championships and dedicated the medal to Anna, who had been due to compete in the team before the accident left her with fractures to her tibia and fibula bones. "It was the worst moment in my life, I thought she was dead. I wish I could have won the medal with her. I paddled thinking about her and I knew I had to perform to make her proud." Anna returned to the sport in 2017 and continued competing until her retirement in August 2020. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Jun 2021; Facebook team page, 13 Aug 2020; onet.pl, 04 Oct 2017)

LIFESAVING HERO
One evening at a training camp in Kruszwica, Poland in 2014, she noticed people pointing to a person who was struggling to stay afloat in a lake. She jumped fully clothed into the water and swam to save the drowning woman. She pulled the unconscious woman to the shore, gave her first aid and she made a full recovery. (eurosport.onet.pl, 31 May 2015; fakt.pl, 02 Jun 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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