Grażyna Prokopek

Grażyna Prokopek
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	20 April 1977 (age 47); Zalewo, Poland
Died	Poland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m hurdles, 400m
Club	AZS AWFiS Gdańsk
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Poland
European Championships
European Indoor Championships

Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček (born 20 April 1977 in Zalewo) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

She is married to a Czech former pole vaulter, Štěpán Janáček.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	400 m	52.28
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.28
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	22nd (sf)	400 m	52.28
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.78
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	8th (h)	400 m	52.86
	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.45
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	400 m	51.53
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.15
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.21¹
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th (sf)	400 m	53.07
	World Championships	Paris, France	18th (sf)	400 m	51.89
	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.64
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th (sf)	400 m	52.60
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	4 × 400 m relay,	3:30.52
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	21st (sf)	400 m	51.96
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.22
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	27th (sf)	400 m	52.39
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.49 NR
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	6th	200 m	23.79
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.71
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	12th (sf)	400 m	53.64
	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.95 NRi
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (sf)	400 m	52.66
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.77
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	8th	400 m	53.29
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.22
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	6th	400 m	52.86
	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.31
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.49
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.23

¹Representing Europe

Personal bests

^[3]

Outdoor

100 metres – 11.67 (Bydgoszcz 1999)
200 metres – 23.22 (Bydgoszcz 2004)
400 metres – 51.29 (Athens 2004)
800 metres – 2:08.31 (Suwałki 1999)

Indoor

60 metres – 7.57 (Prague 2006)
200 metres – 23.94 (Spała 2004)
400 metres – 52.00 (Birmingham 2007)

References

^ "Sports Reference profile". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Mama Grażyna Prokopek znów biega" (in Polish). Super Express. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "All-Athletics profile". All-Athletics.com. Retrieved 17 January 2018.