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Adela Piskorska

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Adela Piskorska
Personal information
Born (2003-11-16) November 16, 2003 (age 20)
Sport
CountryPoland
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke

Adela Piskorska (born 16 November 2003[1]) is a Polish swimmer specializing in backstroke, a gold medalist at the Summer Universiade (2023) and European champion (2024).

Early life

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Piskorska began her swimming career at the Torpeda Oleśnica club. In 2020, she joined UKS Shark Rudna and in 2022, she became a swimmer for AZS UMCS Lublin.[2]

Career

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Piskorska has represented Poland at various international championships. In 2023, she won gold medals in the 50 meters and 100 meters backstroke and a silver medal in the 4 × 100 meters medley relay at the Summer Universiade held in 2023. In 2024, she became the European champion in the 100 meters backstroke and in the 4 × 100 meters medley relay (with Dominika Sztandera, Paulina Peda, and Kornelia Fiedkiewicz), and won a bronze medal in the 50 meters backstroke (she also finished 6th in the 200 meters backstroke at the same event).[1]

She has also competed at:[1]

  • 2022 World Short Course Championships (eliminated in the heats in the 50 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters backstroke)
  • 2023 World Championships (eliminated in the heats in the 50 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters backstroke; 10th place in the 4 × 100 meters medley relay)
  • 2023 European Junior Championships (silver medals in the 100 meters backstroke, 4 × 100 meters medley relay, and 4 × 100 meters medley mixed relay, and a bronze medal in the 50 meters backstroke)
  • 2024 World Championships (6th place in the 50 meters backstroke, 7th place in the 4 × 100 meters medley relay, and eliminated in the semifinals in the 100 and 200 meters backstroke)

National Championships

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At the Polish Championships in a 50-meter pool, Piskorska has won 9 medals:[1]

  • 2021: 50 meters backstroke: 3rd place
  • 2023: 50 meters backstroke: 1st place, 100 meters backstroke: 1st place, 200 meters backstroke: 1st place, 4 × 100 meters medley relay: 2nd place
  • 2023 (winter): 100 meters backstroke: 1st place
  • 2024: 50 meters backstroke: 1st place, 100 meters backstroke: 1st place, 200 meters backstroke: 1st place

At the Polish Championships in a 25-meter pool, she has won 1 medal:[1]

  • 2021: 200 meters backstroke: 1st place

Records

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Piskorska holds the Polish record in the 200 meters backstroke (short course) with a time of 2:04.64 (3 December 2021).[3] She also set the Polish record in the 4 × 100 meters medley relay (long course) with a time of 4:00.23 (30 July 2023)[4] and later improved it to 3:58.71 (23 June 2024).[5]

References

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