Aleksandra Mirosław

Aleksandra Mirosław (née Rudzińska, born 2 February 1994) is a Polish competition speed climber and a two-time women's speed world champion as well as the current women's competition speed climbing world record holder.

Aleksandra Mirosław
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994
Lublin, Poland
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportCompetition climbing
Event(s)Speed
ClubKW Kotłownia (2015–)
Coached byMateusz Mirosław[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Speed Climbing: 6.25 WR [2]
Medal record
Women's competition climbing
Representing  Poland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 InnsbruckSpeed
Gold medal – first place2019 HachiōjiSpeed
Bronze medal – third place2014 GijónSpeed
Bronze medal – third place2021 MoscowSpeed
Bronze medal – third place2023 BernSpeed
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaSpeed
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 EdinburghSpeed[3]
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichSpeed
Silver medal – second place2013 ChamonixSpeed[4]

Early life

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]

Competition climbing career

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.[6] She became the women's speed climbing world champion in September 2018 at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Innsbruck.[7]

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.[8][9] During the same competition Mirosław reached the finals of the combined event qualifying her for the 2020 Olympics.[10][11] She won two stages of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in speed climbing, at Chamonix in July 2018 and at Wujiang in May 2019.[12] Previously she finished in second place at Chamonix in July 2016, and third at Wujiang in October 2016.[12]

On August 4, 2021, during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she established the initial women's Olympic Record in competition speed climbing with 6.97 s.[13] She improved her time in the finals on August 6, setting a new women's world record with 6.84 s.[14] She finished in 4th place in the overall standings and did not win a medal.

On May 27, 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.[2]

On April 28, 2023, during the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, she broke her world records four times.[15] The final world record she set that evening, in the finals, was 6.25 seconds.[16]

On September 15, 2023, Mirosław qualified for the 2024 Olympics in the European Qualifier.[17] In the qualification round, she also set a new world record of 6.24 seconds.[18]

Personal life

She previously competed under her maiden name, as Aleksandra Rudzińska.[9] She is married to her coach, Mateusz Mirosław.[1]

References
  1. "Znowu to zrobiła! (She did it again!)". Nowy Tydzien. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "ALEKSANDRA MIROSLAW SIGNS ANOTHER WORLD RECORD IN SALT LAKE CITY!". International Federation of Sport Climbing. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  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. IFSC CLIMBING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (L, S) - GIJON (ESP) 2014. 8 - 14 SEPTEMBER 2014, International Federation of Sport Climbing. Accessed August 24, 2019
  7. "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.
  8. "Blink and you'll miss it - climbers win world titles in seven seconds!". BBC News. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. Mike Rowbootom, Miroslaw retains speed title at IFSC Climbing World Championships, Inside the Games, August 17, 2019. Accessed August 17, 2019.
  10. "Coxsey leads qualifiers for women's combined final at IFSC World Championships". Inside the Games. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. 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
  12. Alexandra Miroslaw. IFSC profile, International Federation of Sport Climbing. Accessed August 24, 2019
  13. "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.
  14. "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.
  15. "Speed Records". Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  16. "IFSC - Climbing World Cup (B,S) - Seoul (KOR) 2023 Speed • Women". Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  17. "MIROSLAW, MAWEM SECURED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS 2024 IN ROME". 16 September 2023.
  18. "ALEKSANDRA MIROSLAW SET HER FIFTH WORLD RECORD OF THE SEASON IN ROME". 15 September 2023.
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