Monika Pyrek

Medal record
Monika Pyrek
Competitor for  Poland
Women's athletics
World Championships
Silver	2005 Helsinki	Pole vault
Silver	2009 Berlin	Pole vault
Bronze	2001 Edmonton	Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
Bronze	2003 Birmingham	Pole vault
Bronze	2008 Valencia	Pole vault
European Championships
Silver	2006 Gothenburg	Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
Bronze	2002 Vienna	Pole vault
Bronze	2005 Madrid	Pole vault

Monika Pyrek training at Miejski Stadion Lekkoatletyczny w Szczecinie, her club's stadium in Szczecin

Monika Pyrek (born August 11, 1980) is a Polish pole vaulter.

Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with the result 4.60 m. She also won the silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.

Monika Pyrek's personal best is 4.82 metres. She has won the Polish Championship several times, most recently at the 2007 Polish Athletics Championships in Poznań.

Monika Pyrek lives and trains in Szczecin in the club MKL Szczecin.

For her sport achievements, she received:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2009.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	2nd
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	11th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd
	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	3rd
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, UK	3rd
	World Championships	Paris, France	4th
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	4th
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	4th
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th
	European Championships in Athletics	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4.65 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	4th
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	4.82 PB
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd

Taniec z Gwiazdami

Monika Pyrek won the 12th season of Polish Dancing with the Stars - Taniec z Gwiazdami.

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Pavlović	Wodecki	Tyszkiewicz	Galiński
1	Group Salsa/ "Honeymoon Song"	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Safe
2	Quickstep/ "Lemon Tree"	8	8	10	9	Safe
3	Jive/ "Maneater"	8	9	10	9	Safe
4	Foxtrot/ "Blue Velvet"	8	9	9	9	Safe
5	Samba/ "Bailamos"	8	9	10	9	Safe
6	Waltz in American Smooth/ "Just the Way You Are"	7	9	9	7	Safe
7	Cha-cha-cha/ "Baw mnie"	10	10	10	10	Safe
8	Rumba/ "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story"	7	10	10	10	Safe
9	Tango/ "Nie wierz, nie ufaj mi"	10	10	10	10	Safe
10	Salsa/ "Demasiado Corazon" Quickstep/ "We No Speak Americano"	9 8	9 10	10 10	9 8	Safe
11	Jive/ "Hey Boy (Get Your Ass Up)" Viennese Waltz/ "Where the Wild Roses Grow"	6 10	9 10	10 10	7 10	Safe
12 Semi-finals	Paso Doble/ "Bad Romance" Argentine Tango/ "Sensuel"	8 10	9 10	10 10	9 10	Bottom Two
13 Finals	Cha-cha-cha/ "Baw mnie" Tango/ "Nie wierz, nie ufaj mi" Freestyle/"Nothing Compares 2 U"	10 10 10	10 10 10	10 10 10	10 10 10	Won

References

• IAAF profile for Monika Pyrek

External links

• Official web site of Monika Pyrek (English) (Polish) (requires Adobe Flash for navigation)

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Name	Pyrek, Monika
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Date of birth	August 11, 1980
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