# Alicja Konieczek

Alicja Konieczek (born 2 November 1994) is a Polish Olympic runner specializing in the 3000 meters steeplechase. In 2020 she joined On Athletics Club sponsored by Swiss company On. She won the gold medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade and the Super League European Team Championships in Chorzow. Tokyo 2020 was her first Olympics, where she ran the second fastest time of her career (9:31.79) and took 20th place. In 2019, she ran 9:44.96 at the IAAF World Championships in Qatar placing 28th.
Her younger sister Aneta graduated from University of Oregon in 2022. She has multiply medals from the Polish Championships and a few Polish records in different age categories. Their older brother Dawid was also a runner that graduated from Western Colorado University in 2017 who has won several medals at the age National Championships and represented Poland internationally.
In 2020, Alicja Konieczek served as a volunteer coach with the University of New Mexico cross country & track and field teams and now remotely coaches distance runners.
In January 2022, Alicja left the prestigious training group, On Athletics Club, in Boulder, Colorado that is coached by Dathan Ritzenhein. She is based in Albuquerque, NM, where she is training for the 2024 Olympics.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she set a new national record of 9:16.51 in the 3000 metres steeplechase and improved the record previously held by Wioletta Frankiewicz.

## Education

In 2014, Alicja started at the Western Colorado University where she graduated in 2019 with a summa cum laude honors in Exercise Sport Science.

## International competitions

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Poland ||||||
| 2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 21st (h) | 2000 m s'chase | 6:55.31 |
| 2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 21st (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 10:59.80 |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 17th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 9:41.16 |
| 2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 9:41.46 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 28th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 9:44.96 |
| 2021 | European Team Championships Super League | Chorzów, Poland | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 9:35.63 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 20th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 9:31.79 |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:25.15 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 14th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 9:23.45 |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:23.28 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 13th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:21.31 |

## Personal bests

Outdoor
* 800 metres – 2:15.16 (Biała Podlaska 2014)
* 1500 metres – 4:10.79 (Warszawa 2024)
* 3000 metres – 10:10.51 (Słubice 2014)
* 5000 metres – 15:30.61 (Azusa, CA 2023)
* 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:21.89 (Zurich 2023)
* 2000 metres steeplechase – 6:04.29 (Poznan 2024)
Indoor
* 800 metres – 2:11.70 (Albuquerque 2020)
* 1500 metres – 4:11.43 (Boston, MA, 2024)
* mile – 4:29.13 (Boston, MA 2024)
* 3000 metres – 8:51.08 (Boston, MA, 2023)
* 2 miles – 9:35.43 (New York, NY, 2024)
* 5000 metres – 15:34.74 (Boston, MA, 2023)