Luiza Złotkowska

Luiza Złotkowska (born 25 May 1986) is a Polish speed skater. She is an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, and held the Polish record on the 5000 m distance from February 2021 to December 2022.^[1]

Luiza Złotkowska

Personal information
Born	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 39) Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Life partner	Jan Szymański
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	speed skating
Club	LKS Poroniec
Coached by	Witold Mazur
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing  Poland Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team pursuit 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Championships 2013 Sochi Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit Universiade 2009 Harbin 3000 m 2009 Harbin 5000 m 2009 Harbin Team pursuit Medal summary Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships 0 1 1 Universiade 0 0 3 Total 0 2 5

Speed skating career

Olympic Games

The Polish team after winning the bronze medal in team pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit together with Katarzyna Woźniak, Natalia Czerwonka and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś.^[2] Individually, she placed 34th in the 1500 metres and 24th in the 3000 metres.^[3][4] At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she won silver medal in the team competition with Katarzyna Woźniak, Natalia Czerwonka and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś.

Personal records

Personal records[5]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	39.13	28 February 2016	Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell
1000 m	1:15.46	10 November 2013	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m	1:54.77	16 November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m	4:02.37	15 November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m	7:07.02	18 February 2011	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Polish record until beaten by Magdalena Czyszczoń on 16 December 2022.[1]

Personal life

Złotkowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, but lives in Zielonka. In 2005, she graduated from the School of Sports Championships in Zakopane. She is also a graduate of the Academy of Physical Education in Kraków. In 2010, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland, in 2014, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland. Złotkowska's fiancé is Jan Szymański, also a Polish speed skater.