| Maria Żodzik | |
| Birth Name: | Maryia Zhodzik |
| Native Name: | Марыя Жодзік |
| National Team: | Belarus (until 2024) Poland (from 2024) |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Baranavichy, Belarus |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | High jump |
| Pb: | High jump: 1.97m (Toruń, 2024) |
Maria Żodzik (be|Марыя Жодзік, born 19 January 1997) is a high jumper. She was the national champion of Belarus in 2020. Having Polish grandparents, she was granted Polish citizenship in 2024 and represented Poland at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
She won the high jump at the Belarusian national championships in 2020.[3] She was named to the Belarusian team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[4] However, she was not permitted to compete as she was ruled as not meeting the minimum testing requirements of the Anti-Doping Rules for her country by the Athletics Integrity Unit.[5]
She moved to Poland in 2022, and became based at Białystok, where she trains with coach Robert Nazarkiewicz at the Podlasie Białystok club.[6] She jumped a personal best 1.97 metres at the Polish Indoor Championships in Toruń on 17 February 2024.[7] In March 2024, she was granted Polish citizenship.[8]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 15th (q) | 1.77 m | |
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 1.86 m | |
| 2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 18th (q) | 1.73 m | |
| Representing | |||||
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 28th (q) | 1.83 m | |