Justyna Święty-Ersetic

Justyna Święty-Ersetic (Polish pronunciation: [jusˈtɨna ˈɕfjɛntɨ ɛrˈsɛtit͡s]; born 3 December 1992) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[3] She was the 2018 European champion and a two-time European Indoor Championship medallist in this event. Święty-Ersetic won many medals at major championships as part of Polish 4 × 400 m relays, including a gold in the mixed relay and a silver in the women's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Justyna Święty-Ersetic
Święty-Ersetic at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin
Personal information
Born (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992
Racibórz, Poland
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
ClubAZS-AWF Katowice[2]
Coached byAleksander Matusiński
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 Tokyo4×400 m mixed
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo4×400 m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Doha4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2017 London4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Portland4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2018 Birmingham4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2022 Belgrade4×400 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Berlin400 m
Gold medal – first place2018 Berlin4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2022 Munich4×400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Belgrade4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2019 Glasgow4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2021 Toruń400 m
Bronze medal – third place2015 Prague4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2017 Belgrade400 m
World Relays
Gold medal – first place2019 Yokohama4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2017 Nassau4×400 m relay
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Bydgoszcz400 m
Gold medal – first place2019 Bydgoszcz4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2021 Chorzów4×400 m relay
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 Tampere400 m
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2015 Gwangju4×400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2017 Taipei4×400 m relay
Justyna Święty-Ersetic at the 2017 European Indoor Championships
Święty-Ersetic (second from left) at the 2018 World Indoor Championships, with (L-R) Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Aleksandra Gaworska and Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz

She is multiple Polish national outdoor and indoor champion.

Career

Justyna Święty-Ersetic competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships in the event. At the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, she won an individual gold and later also anchored the Polish squad to the win despite the fact that both finals were separated by less than two hours.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she represented Poland in the 4 x 400 m mixed relay, winning gold alongside Karol Zalewski, Natalia Kaczmarek and Kajetan Duszyński. A few days later, Święty-Ersetic anchored the women's 4 × 400 m relay (Kaczmarek, Iga Baumgart-Witan and Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik), sealing a silver for the group.[4][5]

In March 2022, Święty-Ersetic won for the second time World Athletics Indoor Tour in her specialist distance after her 2020 victory, breaking the meeting record in Madrid.[6]

Her personal bests in the 400 metres are 50.41 seconds outdoors (Berlin 2018), and 51.04 seconds indoors (Toruń 2022).[7] She was part of teams which set national records for the women's and mixed 4 × 400 m relay (both Tokyo 2021), and women's indoor 4 × 400 m relay (Birmingham 2018).

Personal bests
Relays

Competition record
Representing  Poland
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 6th Medley relay 2:10.01
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:38.96 [n 1]
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.35
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 19th (h) 400 m 53.68
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.17
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.15
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 400 m 52.22
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.74
World Championships Moscow, Russia 9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.75
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 4th 400 m i 52.20
5th 4 × 400 m relay i 3:29.89
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.37
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 13th (sf) 400 m 52.85
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.73
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 9th (sf) 400 m i 53.53
3rd 4 × 400 m relay i 3:31.90
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.30
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 6th 400 m 52.44
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.98
World Championships Beijing, China 15th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.83
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 5th 400 m i 52.46
2nd 4 × 400 m relay i 3:31.15
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 6th 400 m 51.96
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.60
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17th (sf) 400 m 51.62
7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.28
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 400 m i 52.52
1st 4 × 400 m relay i 3:29.94
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.28
World Championships London, United Kingdom 44th (h) 400 m 53.62
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.41
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.75
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th 400 m i 51.85
2nd 4 × 400 m relay i 3:26.09
European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 400 m 50.41 EL
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.59
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 6th 400 m i 52.64
1st 4 × 400 m relay i 3:28.77
World Relays Yokohama, Japan 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.49
European Team Championships Super League Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 400 m 51.23
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.81 EL
World Championships Doha, Qatar 7th 400 m 50.95
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.89
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 2nd 400 m i 51.41
European Team Championships Super League Chorzów, Poland 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.37 EL
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:20.53 NR
1st 4 × 400 m mixed 3:09.87 OR AR
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 4th 400 m i 51.40
3rd 4 × 400 m relay i 3:28.59
World Championships Eugene, United States 10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.34
4th 4 × 400 m mixed 3:12.31 SB
European Championships Munich, Germany 17th (sf) 400 m 52.17
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.68 SB
  1. Time from the heats; Święty was replaced in the final.

Personal life

In September 2017, she married Polish wrestler Dawid Ersetic.[8]

References
  1. Rio 2016 bio Archived 25 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. PZLA profile
  3. Sports Reference profile
  4. Tennery, Amy (31 July 2021). "Athletics-Poland win first 4x400m mixed relay gold". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. Phillips, Mitch (7 August 2021). "Athletics-Eleven medals for Felix as stellar U.S. team take 4x400m glory". Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. Dennehy, Cathal (2 March 2022). "Barega wins 3000m thriller in Madrid". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. Justyna Święty-Ersetic at World Athletics
  8. Kowalczyk, Wojciech (16 September 2017). "Justyna Święty i Dawid Ersetic na ślubnym kobiercu. Zobacz, kto przyszedł na uroczystość" (in Polish). Nasz Racibórz. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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