Kornelia Lesiewicz Explained

Birth Date:	14 August 2003
Birth Place:	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland^[1]
Club:	AZS-AWF Gorzów^[2]

Kornelia Lesiewicz (born 14 August 2003)^[3] is a Polish athlete sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. At the age of less than 18, she won a gold medal in the event at the 2021 European Under 20 Championships. The same year, Lesiewicz finished second at the World U20 Championships.

Career

At the age of 15, Kornelia Lesiewicz finished sixth in the 400 metres at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In August 2020, she broke the 46-year-old national under-18 best in the 400 m in a time of 52.86 seconds at the Irena Szewińska Memorial in Bydgoszcz, Poland.^[4] In September, Lesiewicz bettered her own record clocking 52.73 s to win the Polish U18 Championships.^[5]

In 2021, the 17-year-old was a part of national 4×400 m relay team, winning a bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships – where she was the youngest athlete to win a medal, a silver at the World Relays, and a gold at the European Team Championships Super League.^[6] On 16 July, competing against sprinters up to two years her senior, Lesiewicz won a gold medal in the individual event at the European U20 Championships with a time of 52.46 s.^[7] She improved by almost half a second to take a silver at the World U20 Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya, finishing behind only Nigeria's Imaobong Nse Uko.

Achievements

2019	European Youth Olympic Festival	Baku, Azerbaijan	6th	400 m	55.65
			4th (h)	Medley relay	2:12.33
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.94
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.81
	European Team Championships, Super League	Chorzów, Poland	bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.37
	European U20 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m	52.46
	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m	51.97
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m mixed	3:19.80

Notes and References

1. News: 2021-07-22. Skarb kibica. Igrzyska Olimpijskie Tokio 2020. Przegląd Sportowy. Ringier Axel Springer Polska.
2. Web site: Kornelia Lesiewicz – Athlete Profile. 8 March 2021. domtel-sport.pl. Polish Athletics.
3. Web site: Kornelia LESIEWICZ – Athlete Profile. 20 June 2021. World Athletics.
4. Web site: 2020-08-19. 2. Memoriał Ireny Szewińskiej – Official results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200822113502/https://pzla.pl/file/6695-rezultaty.pdf. 2020-08-22. 2021-07-24. Polish Athletics. 7.
5. Web site: Matyja. Dariusz. 2020-09-30. Uwaga talent - Kornelia Lesiewicz. 2021-07-19. polskieradio.pl. Polskie Radio Program IV. pl.
6. Web site: 2021-07-14. 10 to watch at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn. 2021-07-19. European Athletics.
7. Web site: 2021-07-16. Zhoya scorches to a 12.98 clocking in the 110m hurdles semifinals in Tallinn. 2021-07-19. European Athletics.