Women
POL
Katarzyna Wozniak
POL- Date of birth05 Oct 1989
- Height174 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownWarsaw
- Place of birthWarsaw
- Start skatingShe began skating in the second grade at school.
- Club AZS AWF Katowice: Poland
- HobbiesN/A
- LanguagesPolish
- Other nameKasia, Kasi (Facebook profile, 27 Sep 2017; azs.awf.katowice.pl, 23 Apr 2015)
- FamilyPartner Konrad Niedzwiedzki
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
Winning a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and then claiming silver in the same event at the 2014 Games in Sochi. (Facebook page, 14 Dec 2015)
She has been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. (isap.sejm.gov.pl, 23 Mar 2010)
She cut her Achilles tendon with the blade of her skate in 2011. She required three months of rehabilitation. (mobilnekobiety.pl, 05 Apr 2011)
SKATING COUPLE
Her partner Konrad Niedzwiedzki won a bronze medal in speed skating at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Facebook profile, 27 Sep 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 16 Dec 2015)
Her partner Konrad Niedzwiedzki won a bronze medal in speed skating at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Facebook profile, 27 Sep 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 16 Dec 2015)
She has training sessions five days a week. She spends her mornings doing weight training, cardio work and yoga.
My father took me and my older sister to the Stegny Ice Rink [in Warsaw, Poland]. The speed skaters were having a training session there and it was the first time I got to put speed skates on. It's a beautiful sport. It brings me happiness and satisfaction.
