Marika Popowicz-Drapała

Marika Popowicz-Drapała (Polish pronunciation: [maˈrika pɔˈpɔvit͡ʂ draˈpawa]; born 28 April 1988) is a Polish track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting. She is a two-time European bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay.

Marika Popowicz

Marika Popowicz in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Marika Julianna Popowicz-Drapała
Nationality	Poland
Born	(1988-04-28) 28 April 1988 Gniezno, Poland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb) (2012)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Club	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Poland European Championships 2010 Barcelona 4 x 100 m 2012 Helsinki 4 x 100 m European Athletics U23 Championships 2009 Kaunas 4 x 100 m 2009 Kaunas 100 m 2009 Kaunas 200 m Universiade 2009 Belgrade 4 × 100 m 2013 Kazan 4 × 100 m

Personal life

Popowicz-Drapała was born 28 April 1988 in Gniezno, Poland. She is married to a former sprinter, Radosław Drapała.

Career

2005 to 2008

Popowicz-Drapała made her first major appearances in 2005, finishing in sixth place in the 200 metres at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and helping the Polish women's 4×100 metres relay team to a gold medal at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships.[1][2] She became the Polish junior champion in the 100 metres and 200 m in 2006 and went on to reach the semi-finals of both events at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing.[3] She attended the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships and formed part of the relay team which won the bronze medal.[4] She was selected as a back-up runner for the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, but ultimately did not compete.

2009

Popowicz-Drapała won senior medals for the first time in 2009 at an International Military Sports Council competition: she won the bronze in the 100 m and silver in the 200 m behind Marta Jeschke at the 2009 World Military Track and Field Championship .[5][6] Representing Poland at the 2009 European Team Championships, she finished fifth overall in the 100 m.[7] She won a relay silver medal with the Polish team at the 2009 Summer Universiade and repeated the feat at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships (where she also won bronze medals in the 100 and 200 m events). She was selected for the 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but did not start.

2010

At the start of 2010, Popowicz-Drapała took part in the women's 60 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships but was eliminated in the heats stage.[8] She helped promote the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz by taking part in a pre-championship cross country race.[9] She won the bronze medal with the Polish 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2010 European Athletics Championships breaking the Polish national record.[10]

Olympic career

She was part of Poland's 4 x 100 m team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[11] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 100 m individual.[12]

Personal bests

Event	Time (sec)	Venue	Date	Ref
50 metres	6.33+	Spała, Poland	19 February 2011	[13]
60 metres	7.20	Toruń, Poland	5 March 2016
100 metres	11.28	Bydgoszcz, Poland	14 June 2015
200 metres	23.15	Kaunas, Lithuania	18 July 2009

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	7th	4 × 100 m relay	45.34
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	6th	200m	23.93
			4th	Medley relay	2:09.05
	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.65
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	17th (sf)	100m	11.96 (-0.6 m/s)
			10th (sf)	200m	24.00 (-1.2 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	44.70
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	45.32
2009	World Military Championship	Sofia, Bulgaria	3rd	100 m	11.57
			2nd	200 m	23.32
	European Team Championships	Leiria, Portugal	5th	100 m	11.51
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.96
	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	3rd	100 m	11.50 (+0.2 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	23.25 (-1.4 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.90
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	25th (h)	60 m	7.56
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	27th (h)	100 m	11.80
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.68
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	14th (sf)	200 m	23.58
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.06
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.07
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.81
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	24th (h)	200 m	23.22
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.18
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	21st (sf)	60 m	7.38
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	21st (sf)	60 m	7.34
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	21st (sf)	100 m	11.68
			7th	4 x 100 m relay	43.24
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	52nd (h)	100 m	11.70
			13th (h)	4 x 100 m relay	43.33
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF

References

1. 200 Metres - W Final. IAAF (2005-07-17). Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
2. 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships results. European Athletics (2005). Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
3. Popowicz Marika. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
4. 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships Medallists by event. European Athletics (2007-07-22). Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
5. RESULTS: 200 m WOMEN (FINAL) Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. CISM World Military Track and Field Championship 2009. Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
6. RESULTS: 100 m - WOMEN - FINAL Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. CISM World Military Track and Field Championship 2009. Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
7. Results - 100m Women. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
8. 60 Metres - W Heats. IAAF (2010-03-12). Retrieved on 2010-03-31.
9. Turner, Chris (2010-01-05). Bydgoszcz braves the cold and takes to its feet to promote 2010 World XC. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.
10. http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re1340040.pdf
11. "Marika Popowicz Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
12. "Women's 100m". www.rio2016.com. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
13. Z. Jonik (2010-02-24). "HMP '11 w Spale: trzy rekordy Polski" (in Polish). PZLA. Retrieved 2010-02-27.

External links

• Marika Popowicz-Drapała at World Athletics