Sylwia Ejdys Explained

Sylwia Ejdys-Tomaszewska (born 15 July 1984 in Bogatynia) is a Polish middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She competed in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her personal best for the distance is 4:02.30 minutes.

Ejdys had a share in the women's U23 team silver medal at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships alongside Katarzyna Kowalska. She claimed her first major win over 1500 metres at the 2007 European Cup. She was the bronze medallist at the 2007 World Student Games and became the 1500 m military champion at the 2007 Military World Games in October.[1] She represented Poland at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but did not make it past the first round of the 1500 m.

She moved up to the 3000 metres for the 2009 European Team Championships and came runner-up to Gulnara Samitova-Galkina. She reached the semi-finals of her speciality at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Ejdys narrowly missed a medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, coming in fourth place behind defending champion Gelete Burka. She reached the 1500 m final at the 2010 European Athletics Championships but performed poorly and finished dead last.[2]

She improved her 3000 m personal best at the BW-Bank Meeting in February 2011, taking second place with a time of 8:43.22 minutes.[3]

Achievements

Representing
2007European CupMunich, Germanybgcolor=gold1st1500 m
UniversiadeBangkok, Thailandbgcolor=cc9966 3rd1500 m4:11.51
Military World GamesHyderabad, Indiabgcolor=gold1st1500 m4:16.90
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China13th1500 m4:08.37
2009European Team ChampionshipsLeiria, Portugalbgcolor=silver2nd3000 m8:58.26
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany21st1500 m4:11.33
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4th1500 m4:09.24
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain12th1500 m4:24.82
2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France9th1500 m4:20.99

Notes and References

  1. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2007-10-19). Vita Palamar dethrones Anna Chicherova – World Military Games, final day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
  2. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=223575/index.html Ejdys Sylwia
  3. http://www.european-athletics.org/31th-european-athletics-indoor-championships/records-tumble-in-karlsruhe-spiegelburg-clears-476m.html Records tumble in Karlsruhe, Spiegelburg clears 4.76m