Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik

Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik (Polish pronunciation: [mawɡɔˈʐata ˈxɔwup kɔˈvalik]; born 30 October 1992) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.^[4] She won two medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, gold with Polish mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team and silver as a member of women's 4 × 400 metres relay team.^[5][6]

Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik

Hołub-Kowalik and Justyna Święty
Personal information
Birth name	Małgorzata Hołub
Full name	Małgorzata Natalia Hołub-Kowalik
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1992-10-30) 30 October 1992 (age 32) Koszalin, Poland[1]
Education	Koszalin University of Technology[2]
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	KL Bałtyk Koszalin[3]
Coached by	Zbigniew Maksymiuk
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Poland Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4 × 400 m mixed 2020 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 2019 Doha 4 × 400 m relay 2017 London 4 × 400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland 4 × 400 m relay 2018 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay European Championships 2018 Berlin 4 × 400 m relay 2022 Munich 4 × 400 m relay European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 4 × 400 m relay 2019 Glasgow 4 × 400 m relay 2015 Prague 4 × 400 m relay 2021 Toruń 4 × 400 m relay World Relay Championships 2019 Yokohama 4 × 400 m relay 2017 Nassau 4 × 400 m relay 2021 Chorzów 4 × 400 m relay European Team Championships 2017 Lille 4 × 400 m relay 2019 Bydgoszcz 4 × 400 m relay 2021 Chorzów 4 × 400 m relay Universiade 2015 Gwangju 4 × 400 m relay 2017 Taipei 400 m 2017 Taipei 4 × 400 m relay 2015 Gwangju 400 m Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 4 × 400 m relay European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere 4 × 400 m relay European Junior Championships 2011 Tallinn 4 × 400 m relay Representing Europe Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 4 × 400 m relay

Hołub-Kowalik represented her country at five outdoor and four indoor World Championships winning multiple medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay.

Her personal bests in the event are 51.18 seconds outdoors (Lublin 2018) and 52.57 seconds indoors (Toruń 2018).

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:42.70
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.35
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	4th	400 m	52.28
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.74
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	8th (h)[7]	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.75
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	14th (h)	400 m	53.07
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.89
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.37
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	5th	400 m	51.84
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.73
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	11th (h)	400 m	53.31
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.90
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.30
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	2nd	400 m	51.93
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.98
	World Championships	Beijing, China	25th (h)	400 m	51.74
			15th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.83
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	6th (sf)	400 m	52.73
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.15
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	5th	400 m	51.89
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.60
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	19th (sf)	400 m	51.93
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.28
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	400 m	54.29
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.94
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.28
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	28th (h)	400 m	52.26
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.41
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	400 m	51.76
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.75
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.09
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	12th (sf)	400 m	51.74
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.59
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.77
	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.49
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.89
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.94
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.81
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.53 NR
			1st	4 × 400 m mixed	3:10.44 ER OR[n 1]
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.34
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.05

1. Time from the heats; Hołub-Kowalik was replaced in the final.