Ewelina Ptak Explained

Ewelina Ptak
Birth Name:	Ewelina Klocek
Birth Date:	20 March 1987
Birth Place:	Trzebnica, Poland
Height:	165 cm (2016)
Weight:	57 kg (2016)
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	200 metres,,
Club:	WKS Śląsk Wrocław
Coach:	Józef Lisowski
Show-Medals:	yes

Ewelina Ptak (; born 20 March 1987) is a Polish track and field sprint athlete.^[1]

Klocek represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Daria Korczyńska, Dorota Jedrusinska and Marta Jeschke. In their first round heat they placed fifth behind Belgium, Great Britain, Brazil and Nigeria. Their time of 43.47 seconds was the second best non-directly qualifying time and the seventh time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they replaced Jeschke with Joanna Henryka Kocielnik. In the final they were eventually disqualified.^[1]

She was selected to represent Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event.^[2]

Competition record

Representing
2005		Kaunas, Lithuania	8th	200 m	24.52
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	200m	23.63 (-0.9 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	44.70
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	4th	200m	23.45 (-1.1 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.78
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	23rd (qf)	200 m	23.26
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	43.57
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.47
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.96
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	bgcolor=silver	2nd	200m	23.07 (-1.4 m/s)
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.90
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	14th (sf)	200 m	23.48
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.06
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.07
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	9th (sf)	200 m	23.65
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.81
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.18
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.89
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	13th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.07
2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.30
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.15
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.60

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athlete biography: Ewelina Klocek . https://web.archive.org/web/20080902031751/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/238053.shtml . 2008-09-02 . dead . . 30 August 2008.
2. Web site: Polish 2016 Olympic team . olimpijski.pl . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411015005/http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/rio2016/t/639,1257,lekkoatletyka.html . 11 April 2019 . 27 March 2023.