![]() ![]() ![]() In 2014, 20 she was given Track & Field News Athlete of the Year award. In competition, Włodarczyk uses some of the equipment that belonged to the late Skolimowska, as a tribute to her fellow hammer thrower. On 28 August 2016, she threw 82.98 metres (272.2 ft), setting a new world record just two weeks after the Olympics at the EAA 7th Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw. On 15 August 2016 Włodarczyk won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio, setting a new world record with a throw of 82.29 metres (270.0 ft). ![]() She went on to win the gold medal at the World Championships, once again throwing over 80 metres (260 ft). On 1 August 2015 Włodarczyk set a new world record with a throw of 81.08 metres (266.0 ft) and became the first woman to throw the hammer over 80 metres (260 ft). In 2014, Włodarczyk won the European Championship with a throw of 78.76, which was a championship and national record. On 11 October 2016, she was retroactively awarded gold after Russia's Tatyana Lysenko was stripped of the medal after testing positive in reanalysis of her stored doping samples. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal with a throw of 77.60 m. In 2012, Włodarczyk finished third at the Ostrava Golden Spike and was the runner-up at the Prefontaine Classic. She finished outside of the medals at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, coming fifth overall. She won the bronze at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and was ranked second overall for the season in the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, finishing behind Betty Heidler. She then proceeded to break her existing world record with a 78.30-metre (256.9 ft) hammer throw at the Enea Cup in Bydgoszcz on 6 June 2010. Returning to competition at the Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar in April 2010, she easily won her event with a throw of 75.13 m. Her season ended prematurely when she twisted her left ankle during her celebration. On 22 August 2009, during the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany, Włodarczyk set a world record with a throw of 77.96 metres (255 ft 9 in). This was fourth longest throw by a woman in hammer throw. Prior to the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, she produced a national record-breaking performance in Cottbus, winning the competition with a world-leading 77.20-metre (253.3 ft) throw. Włodarczyk achieved a personal best throw of 76.20 metres (250.0 ft), achieved on in Biała Podlaska, beating her previous record by 81 cm and improve 76.59 m in Golden Spike Ostrava. The following year, she took part in the 2009 European Team Championships, winning her first gold medal at a major international competition. Włodarczyk qualified for the 2008 World Athletics Final and won a bronze medal. She finished sixth in the hammer throw competition at the 2008 Olympic Games. Włodarczyk won her first national U23 championships in 2007, and went on to compete in the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships, although she did not progress beyond the qualifying round. Włodarczyk (on the left) celebrating her gold medal of 2017 World Championships with teammate and bronze medalist Malwina Kopron. ![]() 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. She is considered the greatest women's hammer thrower of all time. She is the 2012, 20 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. Anita Włodarczyk ( Polish pronunciation: born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower. ![]()
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