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Anita Włodarczyk

1985 - Today

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Anita Włodarczyk (Polish pronunciation: [aˈɲita vwɔˈdart͡ʂɨk]; born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower. She is the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion, and the first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m. She is considered the greatest female hammer thrower of all time. She was voted the Polish Sports Personality of the Year in 2016 and received the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2021 for her outstanding achievements in sport. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anita Włodarczyk is the 2,520th most popular athlete (down from 2,033rd in 2019), the 1,324th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,264th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Anita Włodarczyk ranks 2,520 out of 6,025. Before her are Ellen Fiedler, Monika Pflug, Marilyn White, Frank Spellman, Ellen van Langen, and Ernő Kolczonay. After her are Wang Yan, Frank Shakespeare, Ricco Groß, Kenny Harrison, Hideaki Tomiyama, and Wang Liping.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Anita Włodarczyk ranks 268. Before her are Yuji Goto, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Beth Behrs, Pablo Hernández, Karim El Ahmadi, and James Lafferty. After her are Joakim Noah, László Cseh, Ragnar Klavan, Tom Sturridge, Melisa Sözen, and Shindong.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Anita Włodarczyk ranks 1,324 out of 1,694. Before her are Adam Taubitz (1967), Michał Żewłakow (1976), Jan Jałocha (1957), Jacek Krzynówek (1976), Jacek Kazimierski (1959), and Dariusz Wosz (1969). After her are Andrzej Juskowiak (1970), Jan Błachowicz (1983), Jerzy Rybicki (1953), Andrzej Iwan (1959), Kamil Stoch (1987), and Przemysław Frankowski (1995).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Anita Włodarczyk ranks 59. Before her are Zbigniew Jaremski (1949), Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (1937), Marian Woronin (1956), Robert Korzeniowski (1968), Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (1949), and Celina Jesionowska (1933). After her are Jerzy Rybicki (1953), Lucjan Lis (1950), Thomas Mitchell (null), Wanda Panfil (1959), Tomasz Tomiak (1967), and Lucyna Langer (1956).

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