BIEGANOWSKA-ZAJAC Barbara

Date of Birth: 1 Sep 1981

Age: 40

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T20

Place of birth: NYSA

Birth Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 1500m - T20	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T20 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	1500m - T20	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:24.37
1	1500m - T20	2012	London, GBR	4:35.26
1	Women's 800m T20	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	2:08.40
3	400m - T20	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	58.51
World Championships
1	1500m - T20	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:36.10
1	1500m - T20	2017	London, GBR	4:33.82
1	1500m - T20	2015	Doha, QAT	4:28.58
1	400m - T20	2015	Doha, QAT	57.78
1	Women's 800m T20	2015	Doha, QAT	2:22.09
1	1500m - T20	2013	Lyon, FRA	4:40.50
1	Women's 800m T20	1998	Birmingham, GBR	2:14.70
2	400m - T20	2017	London, GBR	59.56
2	1500m - T20	2011	Christchurch, NZL	4:41.78
3	Women's 3000m T20	1998	Birmingham, GBR	10:46.42
6	400m - T20	2019	Dubai, UAE	1:00.40
European Championships
1	1500m - T20	2018	Berlin, GER	4:43.33
1	Women's 800m T20	2018	Berlin, GER	2:15.79
2	1500m - T20	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	4:43.78
6	400m - T20	2018	Berlin, GER	1:01.53
DNS	400m - T20	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	DNS

Golden Basia [in recognition of winning a gold medal at each edition of the Paralympic Games in 2000, 2012 and 2016]. (SportsDeskOnline 16 Apr 2021; paralympic.org.pl, 14 Nov 2019)

Previous names:

Barbara Niewiedzial

Occupation:

Two daughters Martyna [2007] and Wiktoria [2003]

Languages spoken:

LUKS MGOKSiR Korfantow [Poland]

Mariusz Zabinski [club], POL

Sporting relatives:

Her daughters Wiktoria and Martyna Niewiedzial have competed in athletics at national junior level. (lekkoatletykadlakazdego.pl, 30 Jun 2019; domtel-sport.pl, 01 Jun 2018; sport.tvp.pl, 30 Jul 2016)

Other sports:

She has competed in able-bodied athletics at national level in Poland. (worldathletics.org, 25 Feb 2020; Korfantow TV YouTube channel, 14 Mar 2018)

She took up the sport at age 14. (festiwalbiegowy.pl, 01 Dec 2015)

A coach encouraged her to take up the sport after she won a race at a sports event for children. (festiwalbiegowy.pl, 01 Dec 2015)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Korfantow TV YouTube channel, 14 Mar 2018)

Winning the T20 1500m gold medal and T20 400m bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (sport.pl, 16 Sep 2016)

Coach Mariusz Zabinski. (Korfantow TV YouTube channel, 14 Mar 2018)

Philosophy:

"Never give up." (sport.pl, 16 Sep 2016)

In 2016 she was honoured with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in Poland. (prezydent.pl, 05 Oct 2016)

She was named the Best Female Athlete at the 2017 International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability [INAS] Awards. (insidethegames.biz, 23 Apr 2017)

In 2001 she was honoured with the Bronze Cross of Merit by the president of Poland. (sejm.gov.pl, 16 Jan 2001)

General Interest

Classification
T20 (IPC, 21 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (paralympic.org, 09 Mar 2016)

General
EARLY STRUGGLES
She believes sport enhanced her future prospects when she encountered learning difficulties at school. "I had a lot of problems with learning. I could not remember many things, I could not focus. Even now I have problems filling in some papers and forms. I am not always able to understand the meaning of some phrases. Sport gave me a better future." (paralympic.org.pl, 14 Nov 2019)

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Legend

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

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