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Marta Piotrowska

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Poland
Athletics

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Classification
T37, F37

Further personal information

Family
Husband Pawel Piotrowski
Other names
Marta Langner
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
English, Polish

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up the sport at age 14 in Zdunska Wola, Poland.
Why this sport?
"My coach discovered me on the street."
Club / Team
START Wroclaw: Poland
Name of coach
Tomasz Kus [personal], POL

General interest

Memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the T37 long jump at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (naszemiasto.pl, 28 Aug 2018)
Most influential person in career
Coach Wojciech Kikowski. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Sport gives me joy and happiness." (sport.tvp.pl, 04 Sep 2016)
Awards and honours
She received a sporting achievement award at the 2015 Lady D Awards in Lodz, Poland, which acknowledges the accomplishments of women with an impairment. (naszemiasto.pl, 20 May 2015)

In 2010 she was recognised by the city council of Zdunska Wola, Poland, for her contribution to the Polish Paralympic movement. (zdunskawola.pl, 30 Dec 2010; nasze.pl, 30 Dec 2010)
Famous relatives
Her husband Pawel Piotrowski has represented Poland in Para athletics. He competed at four consecutive Paralympic Games between 2004 and 2016, winning four medals in total including gold in the F36 shot put at the 2004 Games in Athens. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Mar 2021; nasze.fm, 24 Aug 2020)
Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (tvp.pl, 08 Jan 2020)
Impairment
She has cerebral palsy. The condition affects the right side of her body. (sportowefakty.pl, 28 Jan 2011)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m T37 Heat 2 3
Women's 100 m T37 Final Round 5
Women's 200 m T37 Heat 1 3
Women's 200 m T37 Final Round 7
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 200 m T37 Heat 2 2011-01-22 3
Women's 100 m T37 Heat 1 2011-01-25 4
Women's 100 m T37 Final 2011-01-26 5
Women's Long Jump F37/38 Final 2011-01-27 999
Women's Long Jump F37/38 Final 2011-01-27 2
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Long Jump F37/38 Final Round 2012-08-31 6
Women's 100 m T37 Heat 1 2012-09-02 7
IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 100 m T37 Semifinal 2 2013-07-23 10
Women's Long Jump T37/38 Final 1 2013-07-26 5
IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's 400 m T37 Final 1 2015-10-25 9999
Women's Long Jump T37 Final 1 2015-10-28 6
Women's 200 m T37 Final 1 2015-10-29 8
Women's 200 m T37 Heat 2 2015-10-29 6
World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Women's Long Jump T37 Final 1 2017-07-19 3
Women's 100 m T37 Heat 2 2017-07-22 11