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| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 400 mH: 56.87 (Lima, 2024) NU20R | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wiktoria Gadajska (born 8 January 2006) is a Polish hurdler. She won the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 400 metres hurdles. [1]
In 2022, at the U18 Polish Indoor Championships, Gadajska won the 60 metres hurdles with a time of 8.26 seconds to become the Polish U18 national record holder, improving the previous record held by Pia Skrzyszowska. [2] In July 2023, she reached the 400 metres hurdles final at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor. [3]
In May 2024 in Warsaw, Gadajska improved the Polish national U20 record for the 400 metres hurdles, running a time of 57.07 seconds. [4]
She won silver in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024 with a Polish national under-20 record time of 56.87 seconds. [5] [6] [7]
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