Joanna Jóźwik
Joanna Jóźwik (born 30 January 1991 in Wałbrzych) is a retired Polish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 European Athletics Championships. Indoors, at the European Indoor Championships, Jóźwik earned bronze in 2015 and silver in 2021.

She placed fifth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Jóżwik is the Polish indoor record holder for the 800 m, and won four national titles over the distance.

Biography
On 16 August 2014, Joanna Jóźwik won the bronze medal in the 800 metres at the European Championships held in Zürich.

Her personal outdoor best for this distance is 1:57.37, set in the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics. After placing fifth in that final, she controversially declared herself the silver medalist stating, "I'm glad I'm the first European, and the second white". Jóźwik's comments were labeled racist.

Statistics

International competitions

Personal bests

National titles
 Polish Athletics Championships
 800 metres: 2014, 2015, 2020
 4 × 400 m relay: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
 Polish Indoor Athletics Championships
 800 metres: 2021

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1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Wałbrzych
Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Polish female middle-distance runners
European Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Poland
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Polish sportswomen