Aleksandra Kałucka (born 25 December 2001) is a Polish competition climber who specializes in competition speed climbing. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the speed climbing event and is a European Championships silver medallist.[1]
_2018.jpg) Kałucka in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Ola | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 2001 Tarnów, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Tarnów, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Competition speed climbing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AZS ANS Tarnów | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tomasz Mazur | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editKałucka participated at the 2022 IFSC Climbing European Championships, being awarded the silver medal in the women's speed event.[2]
Kałucka competed in speed climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She won her run against Zhou Yafei of China in the quaterfinals and then she lost to her teammate Aleksandra Mirosław despite setting a new personal best time of 6.34. In the bronze medal contest she defeated Indonesia's Rajiah Sallsabillah and finished the competition in the third place.
Personal life
editShe is the twin sister of Natalia Kałucka.[3]
Achievements
editOlympic Games
edit| Discipline | 2024 |
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| Speed | 3 |
World championships
edit| Discipline | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 |
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| Speed | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| Bouldering | 108 | 63 | — | — |
| Lead | 73 | 64 | — | — |
| Combined | 25 | 28 | — | — |
World Cup
edit| Discipline | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Speed | 18 | 7 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Combined | — | 25 | — | — | — |
European championships
edit| Discipline | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 |
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| Speed | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Bouldering | 33 | 19 | — |
| Lead | — | 28 | — |
| Combined | — | 10 | — |
References
edit- ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska (2024-08-07). "[PILNE] Aleksandra Kałucka z medalem igrzysk!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "IFSC Climbing World Championships Results", International Federation of Sport Climbing
- ^ Kalemba, Thomas (25 September 2021). "An amazing story of Polish twin sisters. One of them became a world champion". Onet Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
External links
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