Patrycja Bereznowska (born 17 October 1975) is a Polish long-distance runner who specializes in 24-hour running.

Competitions

As of August 2019, she has completed thirteen 24-hour runs and won the IAU 24 Hour World Championship and IAU 24 Hour European Championship, both individually and in a team.[1] She ran her first half-marathon in 2008 and her first ultramarathon in 2013.[1]

In 2015, in Turin, she won a bronze medal in the team competition as part of the IAU 24 Hour World Championship (together with Aleksandra Niwińska and Agata Matejczuk; she placed fifth individually).[2] She also won silver medals both individually and in the team competition in the European Championship.[2] A year later, in Albi, in the IAU 24 Hour European Championship, she won a silver medal individually and a gold medal in the team competition (together with Agata Matejczuk and Milena Grabska-Grzegorczyk).[3] In 2017, she won a gold medal individually and a silver medal with her team in the IAU 24 Hour World Championship in Belfast.[4] In 2019, she won a bronze medal individually and a silver medal with her team during the World Championship in Albi.[4]

She beat the 24-hour run unofficial world record twice (there are no official world records in this competition): in 2017 in Belfast with a result of 259,991 meters and in the Athens – Sparta ultramarathon Spartathlon (246 km) in 2017 with the time of 24:48:18.[1]

Bereznowska won gold many times in the Polish Championship for the 24 Hour Run – in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018.[4] She won silver in the same competition in 2013 and in 2020.[4]

In 2019, she became the first Polish woman to participate in the Badwater Ultramarathon.[5] She won the women's category and came second overall, only behind Yoshihiko Ishikawa of Japan, with a time of 24:13:24.[5]

She also competes in other kinds of runs including marathons, half-marathons, military runs in with all the equipment, uniform, and a 10 kg backpack, and obstacle racing.[1]

Personal life

Patrycja Bereznowska is a graduate of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland.[6] In 2005, she obtained a doctoral degree in agricultural sciences in the field of animal science with a thesis entitled "Assessment of the Impact of Horse Exploitation and the Conditions of Running Long-Distance Rallies on the Obtained Results."[7]

She worked as a horse-riding instructor and competed professionally before she became an ultramarathon runner.[6] She still trains horses and riders for a living.[1]

Her hobbies outside of horses and running are Tai chi, cooking, and gardening.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Wonder woman conquers world in globe's most extreme cross-country race". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "MaratonyPolskie.PL – bieganie, biegi, maraton". www.maratonypolskie.pl. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ^ "World 24 Hour Championship 2017". www.corkathletics.org. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Patrycja BEREZNOWSKA – Statystyki PZLA – DOMTEL-SPORT". domtel-sport.pl. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Patrycja Bereznowska wygrała najtrudniejszy ultramaraton świata. Przebiegła Dolinę Śmierci w nieco ponad 24 godziny!". Dobre Wiadomości (in Polish). August 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ^ a b Stanuch, Kamil (23 March 2020). "5 Business Lessons from Patrycja Bereznowska: Ultramarathonist and World Recorder Holder in 24 h…". Medium. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. ^ Bereznowska, Patrycja (22 December 2005). "Ocena wpływu eksploatacji koni i warunków rozgrywania rajdów długodystansowych na uzyskiwane wyniki". Nauka Polska.
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