Aleksandra Mirosław Explained

Aleksandra Mirosław
Nationality:Polish
Birth Date:2 February 1994
Birth Place:Lublin, Poland
Height:162 cm
Country:Poland
Sport:Competition climbing
Event:Speed
Club:KW Kotłownia (2015–)
Coach:Mateusz Mirosław

Aleksandra (Ola) Mirosław (née Rudzińska, born 2 February 1994) is a Polish soldier and competition speed climber. She is a two-time women's speed world champion as well as the current women's competition speed climbing world record holder. Mirosław won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the speed climbing event, becoming the first ever Olympic champion in this event.

Early life

Mirosław is originally from Lublin, Poland. She started in sports at the age of seven and initially pursued swimming. She switched to speed climbing in 2007 being influenced by her older sister Małgorzata.[1]

Competition climbing career

Competing as Aleksandra Rudzińska, she won the women's world championship speed climbing bronze medal at the 2014 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Gijón, Spain.[2] She became the women's speed climbing world champion in September 2018 at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Innsbruck.[3]

Mirosław defended her world title and won her second women's competition speed climbing world gold medal a year later, at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.[4] [5] During the same competition Mirosław reached the finals of the combined event qualifying her for the 2020 Olympics.[6] [7] She won two stages of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in speed climbing, at Chamonix in July 2018 and at Wujiang in May 2019.[8] Previously she finished in second place at Chamonix in July 2016, and third at Wujiang in October 2016.[8]

On 4 August 2021, during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she established the initial women's Olympic Record in competition speed climbing with 6.97 s.[9] She improved her time in the finals on 6 August, setting a new women's world record with 6.84 s.[10] She finished in 4th place in the overall standings and did not win a medal.

On 27 May 2022, during the second qualification round of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, she broke her own previous speed-climbing world record with a time of 6.53 seconds.[11]

On 28 April 2023, during the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, she broke her world records four times.[12] The final world record she set that evening, in the finals, was 6.25 seconds.[13]

On 15 September 2023, Mirosław qualified for the 2024 Olympics in the European Qualifier.[14] In the qualification round, she also set a new world record of 6.24 seconds.[15]

On 5 August 2024, during the qualification heats at the 2024 Olympics, Mirosław broke her world records twice, and set a new world record of 6.06 seconds.[16]

Personal life

She previously competed under her maiden name, as Aleksandra Rudzińska.[5] She is married to her coach, Mateusz Mirosław.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Aleksandra Mirosław. A spider woman from Lublin defended her world title. (in Polish). TVN. 2019-08-23. 2019-08-24.
  2. https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php/component/ifsc/?view=event&WetId=1500 IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (L, S) - GIJON (ESP) 2014. 8 - 14 SEPTEMBER 2014
  3. News: Rudzinska wins all-Polish final to take women's lead title at IFSC World Championships. Inside the Games. 2018-09-13. 2019-08-24.
  4. News: Blink and you'll miss it - climbers win world titles in seven seconds!. BBC News. 2019-08-17. 2019-08-17.
  5. Mike Rowbootom, Miroslaw retains speed title at IFSC Climbing World Championships, Inside the Games, August 17, 2019. Accessed August 17, 2019.
  6. News: Coxsey leads qualifiers for women's combined final at IFSC World Championships. Inside the Games. 2019-08-18. 2019-08-19.
  7. Mark Agnew, Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Who has qualified for sport climbing? Spots decided before final begins, Ondra misses the cut. scmp.com, August 19, 2019. Accessed August 19, 2019
  8. https://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?option=com_ifsc&view=athlete&Itemid=170&id=9493 Alexandra Miroslaw. IFSC profile
  9. Web site: Aomi Urban Sports Park, Sport Climbing, Results, WED 4 AUG 2021, Speed Qualification. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804115240/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CLB/OG2020-_CLB_C73S_CLBWCOMBINED----------QUAL0001SP--.pdf. 4 August 2021. 2021-08-04. en-gb.
  10. Web site: Aomi Urban Sports Park, Sport Climbing, Results, FRI 6 AUG 2021, Speed Final. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806120324/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CLB/OG2020-_CLB_C75S_CLBWCOMBINED----------FNL-0001SP--.pdf. 6 August 2021. 2021-08-06. en-gb.
  11. Web site: ALEKSANDRA MIROSLAW SIGNS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD IN SALT LAKE CITY! . International Federation of Sport Climbing . 11 January 2023.
  12. Web site: Speed Records . 2023-04-28 .
  13. Web site: IFSC - Climbing World Cup (B,S) - Seoul (KOR) 2023 Speed • Women . 2023-04-28 .
  14. Web site: MIROSLAW, MAWEM SECURED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS 2024 IN ROME . 2023-09-16 .
  15. Web site: ALEKSANDRA MIROSLAW SET HER FIFTH WORLD RECORD OF THE SEASON IN ROME . 2023-09-15 .
  16. Web site: Aleksandra Mirosław records page on Olympics.com.
  17. News: Znowu to zrobiła! (She did it again!). Nowy Tydzien. 2019-08-20. 2019-08-21.