Grażyna Prokopek Explained

Grażyna Prokopek
Nationality:	Polish
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	400 m hurdles, 400m
Club:	AZS AWFiS Gdańsk
Birth Date:	20 April 1977
Birth Place:	Zalewo, Poland^[1]
Death Place:	Poland
Height:	1.68 m
Weight:	56 kg

Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček (born 20 April 1977 in Zalewo) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

She is married to a Czech former pole vaulter, Štěpán Janáček.^[2]

International competitions

Representing
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	400 m	52.28
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.28
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	22nd (sf)	400 m	52.28
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.78
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	8th (h)	400 m	52.86
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.45
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	400 m	51.53
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.15
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.21^1
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th (sf)	400 m	53.07
	World Championships	Paris, France	18th (sf)	400 m	51.89
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.64
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th (sf)	400 m	52.60
			4th	4 × 400 m relay,	3:30.52
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	21st (sf)	400 m	51.96
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.22
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	27th (sf)	400 m	52.39
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.49 NR
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	6th	200 m	23.79
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.71
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th (sf)	400 m	53.64
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.95 NRi
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (sf)	400 m	52.66
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.77
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	8th	400 m	53.29
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.22
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	6th	400 m	52.86
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.31
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.49
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.23

¹Representing Europe

Personal bests

^[3]

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.67 (Bydgoszcz 1999)
• 200 metres – 23.22 (Bydgoszcz 2004)
• 400 metres – 51.29 (Athens 2004)
• 800 metres – 2:08.31 (Suwałki 1999)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.57 (Prague 2006)
• 200 metres – 23.94 (Spała 2004)
• 400 metres – 52.00 (Birmingham 2007)

See also

• Polish records in athletics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sports Reference profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/grazyna-prokopek-janacek-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports-Reference.com. 17 January 2018.
2. Web site: Mama Grażyna Prokopek znów biega. 14 July 2010. Super Express. Polish. 17 January 2018.
3. Web site: All-Athletics profile. All-Athletics.com. 17 January 2018.