Justyna Święty-Ersetic Explained

Justyna Święty-Ersetic
Birth Date:3 December 1992
Birth Place:Racibórz, Poland
Height:1.65 m[1]
Weight:57 kg
Country:Poland
Sport:Athletics
Event:400 metres
Club:AZS-AWF Katowice[2]
Coach:Aleksander Matusiński
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Justyna Święty-Ersetic (pronounced as /pl/; born 3 December 1992) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[3] She was the 2018 European champion and a two-time European Indoor Championship medallist in this event. Święty-Ersetic won many medals at major championships as part of Polish 4 × 400 m relays, including a gold in the mixed relay and a silver in the women's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

She is multiple Polish national outdoor and indoor champion.

Career

Justyna Święty-Ersetic competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in the event. At the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, she won an individual gold and later also anchored the Polish squad to the win despite the fact that both finals were separated by less than two hours.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she represented Poland in the 4 x 400 m mixed relay, winning gold alongside Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek and Kajetan Duszyński. A few days later, Święty-Ersetic anchored the women's 4 × 400 m relay (Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan and Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik), sealing a silver for the group.[4] [5]

In March 2022, Święty-Ersetic won for the second time World Athletics Indoor Tour in her specialist distance after her 2020 victory, breaking the meeting record in Madrid.[6]

Her personal bests in the 400 metres are 50.41 seconds outdoors (Berlin 2018), and 51.04 seconds indoors (Toruń 2022). She was part of teams which set national records for the women's and mixed relay (both Tokyo 2021), and women's indoor relay (Birmingham 2018).

Personal bests

Relays

Competition record

2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy6thMedley relay2:10.01
2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada8th relay
2011European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estoniabgcolor=silver2nd relay3:35.35
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland19th (h)400 m53.68
8th relay3:30.17
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom13th (h) relay3:30.15
2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland3rd400 m52.22
bgcolor=gold1st relay3:29.74
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia9th (h) relay3:29.75
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland4th400 m i52.20
5th relay i3:29.89
World RelaysNassau, Bahamas5th relay3:27.37
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland13th (sf)400 m52.85
5th relay3:25.73
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic9th (sf)400 m i53.53
3rd relay i3:31.90
World RelaysNassau, Bahamas5th relay3:29.30
UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea6th400 m52.44
bgcolor=gold1st relay3:31.98
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China15th (h) relay3:32.83
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States5th400 m i52.46
bgcolor=silver2nd relay i3:31.15
European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6th400 m51.96
4th relay3:27.60
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil17th (sf)400 m51.62
7th relay3:27.28
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd400 m i52.52
1st relay i3:29.94
World RelaysNassau, Bahamasbgcolor=silver2nd relay3:28.28
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom44th (h)400 m53.62
3rd relay3:25.41
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwanbgcolor=gold1st relay3:26.75
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom4th400 m i51.85
bgcolor=silver2nd relay i3:26.09
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germanybgcolor=gold1st400 m
bgcolor=gold1st relay3:26.59
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland6th400 m i52.64
1st relay i3:28.77
World RelaysYokohama, Japanbgcolor=gold1st relay3:27.49
European Team Championships Super LeagueBydgoszcz, Polandbgcolor=gold1st400 m51.23
bgcolor=gold1st relay
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7th400 m50.95
bgcolor=silver2nd relay3:21.89
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Polandbgcolor=silver2nd400 m i51.41
European Team Championships Super LeagueChorzów, Polandbgcolor=gold1st relay3:26.37 EL
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japanbgcolor=silver2nd relay
bgcolor=gold1st mixed3:09.87
2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia4th400 m i51.40
3rd relay i3:28.59
World ChampionshipsEugene, United States10th (h) relay3:29.34
4th mixed
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany17th (sf)400 m52.17
bgcolor=silver2nd relay3:21.68 SB
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom8th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:28.80
World RelaysNassau, Bahamasbgcolor=silver2nd4 x 400 m relay3:24.71
European ChampionshipsRome, Italy17th (sf)400 m52.16
6th (h)4 x 400 m relay

Personal life

In September 2017, she married Polish wrestler Dawid Ersetic.[7]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/justyna-swiety Rio 2016 bio
  2. http://www.domtel-sport.pl/statystykaLA/personal.php?page=profile&nr_zaw=22243&r=2 PZLA profile
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084551/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/justyna-swiety-1.html Sports Reference profile
  4. News: Tennery . Amy . 2021-07-31 . Athletics-Poland win first 4x400m mixed relay gold . . 2022-03-07.
  5. News: Phillips . Mitch . 2021-08-07 . Athletics-Eleven medals for Felix as stellar U.S. team take 4x400m glory . . 2022-03-07.
  6. News: Dennehy . Cathal . 2022-03-02 . Barega wins 3000m thriller in Madrid . . 2022-03-07.
  7. Web site: Justyna Święty i Dawid Ersetic na ślubnym kobiercu. Zobacz, kto przyszedł na uroczystość. Kowalczyk. Wojciech. 16 September 2017. Nasz Racibórz. pl. 25 September 2017.