Jolanta Januchta

Jolanta Januchta

Personal information
Born	(1955-01-16) 16 January 1955 (age 70) Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [1]
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 m
Club	MKS Beskid Bielsko-Biała Piast Gliwice AZS Poznań Gwardia Warszawa
Coached by	Jan Mazur Jan Panzer

Jolanta Januchta-Strzelczyk (born 16 January 1955) is a Polish former middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. ^[2] She won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and bronze at the 1982 edition. In addition, she represented her country at the 1980 Summer Olympics as well as the 1983 World Championships.

Her personal best of 1:56.95 is the still standing national record.

She is currently a physical education teacher at a primary school in Warsaw. ^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Poland
1973	European Junior Championships	Duisburg, West Germany	6th	800 m	2:04.58
1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th (h)	800 m	2:11.67
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	17th (h)	800 m	2:04.7
1976	European Indoor Championships	Munich, West Germany	4th (h)	800 m	2:08.5
1977	Universiade	Sofia, Bulgaria	7th	800 m	2:00.8
1980	European Indoor Championships	Sindelfingen, West Germany	1st	800 m	2:00.6
	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	6th	800 m	1:58.3
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.9
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	3rd	800 m	1:58.32 1
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	3rd	800 m	2:01.24
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	800 m	1:57.92
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.32
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	12th (sf)	800 m	2:02.23
1984	Friendship Games	Prague, Czechoslovakia	10th	800 m	2:02.49
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.09

¹Representing Europe

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 55.73 (Wanganui 1984)
• 800 metres – 1:56.95 (Budapest 1980)
• 1000 metres – 2:32.70 (Zürich 1981)
• 1500 metres – 4:13.63 (Bydgoszcz 1983)

Indoor

• 600 metres – 1:26.6 (Warsaw 1980)
• 800 metres – 2:00.6 (Sindelfingen 1980)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jolanta Januchta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
2. Jolanta Januchta at World Athletics
3. "86: Strona główna | Szkoła Podstawowa nr 307 im. Króla Jana III Sobieskiego w Warszawie".

External links

• All-Athletics profile
• Jolanta Januchta at Olympedia
• Jolanta Januchta at Olympics.com
• Jolanta Januchta at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski ( archive ) (in Polish)