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Aleksandra Mirosław

Aleksandra (Ola) Mirosław (Polish: [alɛkˈsandra miˈrɔswaf]; née Rudzińska, born 2 February 1994) is a Polish soldier and competition speed climber. She is a two-time women's speed world champion as well as the current women's competition speed climbing world record holder. Mirosław won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the speed climbing event, becoming the first ever Olympic champion in this event.

Aleksandra Mirosław
Personal information
Birth nameAleksandra Rudzińska
NicknameOla
NationalityPolish
Born (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 30)
Lublin, Poland
Home townLublin, Poland
Alma materLublin University of Technology
Years active2009–present
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportCompetition climbing
EventSpeed
ClubKW Kotłownia (2015–)
Coached byMateusz Mirosław[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Speed Climbing: 6.06 WR [2]
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Speed
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Innsbruck Speed
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hachiōji Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Gijón Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Moscow Speed
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bern Speed
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Speed
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Edinburgh Speed[3]
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Speed
Silver medal – second place 2013 Chamonix Speed[4]
Mirosław (middle) at the Climbing World Championships in 2018

Early life

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Mirosław is originally from Lublin, Poland. She started in sports at the age of seven and initially pursued swimming. She switched to speed climbing in 2007 being influenced by her older sister Małgorzata.[5] She studied at the Lublin University of Technology. Up until 2019, she had worked as a physical education teacher in one of the schools in Lublin.[6]

Competition climbing career

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Competing as Aleksandra Rudzińska, she won the women's world championship speed climbing bronze medal at the 2014 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Gijón, Spain.[7] She became the women's speed climbing world champion in September 2018 at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Innsbruck.[8]

Mirosław defended her world title and won her second women's competition speed climbing world gold medal a year later, at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.[9][10] During the same competition Mirosław reached the finals of the combined event qualifying her for the 2020 Olympics.[11][12] She won two stages of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in speed climbing, at Chamonix in July 2018 and at Wujiang in May 2019.[13] Previously she finished in second place at Chamonix in July 2016, and third at Wujiang in October 2016.[13]

On 4 August 2021, during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she established the initial women's Olympic Record in competition speed climbing with 6.97 s.[14] She improved her time in the finals on 6 August, setting a new women's world record with 6.84 s.[15] She finished in 4th place in the overall standings and did not win a medal.

On 27 May 2022, during the second qualification round of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, she broke her own previous speed-climbing world record with a time of 6.53 seconds.[16]

On 28 April 2023, during the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, she broke her world records four times.[17] The final world record she set that evening, in the finals, was 6.25 seconds.[18]

On 15 September 2023, Mirosław qualified for the 2024 Olympics in the European Qualifier.[19] In the qualification round, she also set a new world record of 6.24 seconds.[20]

On 5 August 2024, during the qualification heats at the 2024 Olympics, Mirosław broke her world records twice, and set a new world record of 6.06 seconds.[2] She defeated Spain's Leslie Romero Pérez, Poland's Aleksandra Kałucka and China's Deng Lijuan in the knock out stage on her way to Olympic gold medal. As a recognition of her achievements, a mural depicting Mirosław beating the world record was created by artist Michał Ćwiek in her hometown of Lublin.[21]

Personal life

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She previously competed under her maiden name, as Aleksandra Rudzińska.[10] In 2019, she married her coach, Mateusz Mirosław.[1]

Awards and honours

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Major results

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Olympic Games

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Discipline 2020 2024
Speed — 1
Combined 4 —

World championships

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Discipline 2012 2014 2016 2018 2019 2021 2023
Speed 8 3 4 1 1 3 3
Bouldering — — — 92 57 — —
Lead — — — 97 72 — —
Combined — — — 10 4 — —

World Cup

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Discipline 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Speed 27 29 5 3 6 6 4 — 19 9 3 5 2 13

European championships

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Discipline 2013 2015 2017 2019 2020 2022
Speed 2 7 12 1 8 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Znowu to zrobiła! (She did it again!)". Nowy Tydzien. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Aleksandra Mirosław records page on Olympics.com".
  3. ^ EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (L,S) - EDINBURGH (GBR) 2019. General result, Women speed. International Federation of Sport Climbing. Accessed 5 October 2019.
  4. ^ EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (L,S) - CHAMONIX (FRA) 2013. General result, Women speed. International Federation of Sport Climbing. Accessed 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Aleksandra Mirosław. A spider woman from Lublin defended her world title. (in Polish)". TVN. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. ^ Krzysztof Brommer (28 September 2022). "Aleksandra Mirosław: 2024? To będzie najlepszy lub najgorszy rok w życiu". gotowinasport.sts.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  7. ^ IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (L, S) - GIJON (ESP) 2014. 8 - 14 SEPTEMBER 2014, International Federation of Sport Climbing. Accessed August 24, 2019
  8. ^ "Rudzinska wins all-Polish final to take women's lead title at IFSC World Championships". Inside the Games. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Blink and you'll miss it - climbers win world titles in seven seconds!". BBC News. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  10. ^ a b Mike Rowbootom, Miroslaw retains speed title at IFSC Climbing World Championships, Inside the Games, August 17, 2019. Accessed August 17, 2019.
  11. ^ "Coxsey leads qualifiers for women's combined final at IFSC World Championships". Inside the Games. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  12. ^ Mark Agnew, Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Who has qualified for sport climbing? Spots decided before final begins, Ondra misses the cut. scmp.com, August 19, 2019. Accessed August 19, 2019
  13. ^ a b Alexandra Miroslaw. IFSC profile, International Federation of Sport Climbing. Accessed August 24, 2019
  14. ^ "Aomi Urban Sports Park, Sport Climbing, Results, WED 4 AUG 2021, Speed Qualification" (PDF). The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Aomi Urban Sports Park, Sport Climbing, Results, FRI 6 AUG 2021, Speed Final" (PDF). The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021.
  16. ^ "ALEKSANDRA MIROSLAW SIGNS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD IN SALT LAKE CITY!". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Speed Records". Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  18. ^ "IFSC - Climbing World Cup (B,S) - Seoul (KOR) 2023 Speed • Women". Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  19. ^ "MIROSLAW, MAWEM SECURED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS 2024 IN ROME". 16 September 2023.
  20. ^ "ALEKSANDRA MIROSLAW SET HER FIFTH WORLD RECORD OF THE SEASON IN ROME". 15 September 2023.
  21. ^ "Paryż 2024. W Lublinie powstał mural odwzorowujący trasę wspinaczki Aleksandry Mirosław". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 6 August 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  22. ^ "M.P. 2021 poz. 1023". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Szef MON odznaczył wojskowych medalistów z Paryża i zasłużonych żołnierzy". radiopik.pl (in Polish). 13 August 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Uroczystość wręczenia odznaczeń medalistom oraz trenerom Igrzysk XXXIII Olimpiady Paryż 2024". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 9 September 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
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