Aleksandra Mirosław
Aleksandra Mirosław (née Rudzińska, born 2 February 1994) is a Polish speed climber and a two-time speed climbing world champion as well as the current speed climbing world record holder. Early life. Mirosław is originally from Lublin. She started doing sports at the age of seven, initially pursuing swimming. She switched to speed climbing in 2007, under the influence of her older sister Małgorzata. Climbing career. Competing as Aleksandra Rudzińska, she won the world championship speed climbing bronze medal at the 2014 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Gijón, Spain. She became the speed climbing world champion in  September 2018 at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Innsbruck. Mirosław defended her world title and won the second speed climbing world gold medal a year later, at the 2019 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Hachioji, Japan. During the same competition, Mirosław reached the finals of the combined event, which qualified her for the 2020 Olympics. She won two stages of the IFSC Climbing World Cup in speed climbing, at Chamonix in July 2018 and at Wujiang in May 2019. She was previously second at Chamonix in July 2016, and third at Wujiang in October 2016. In the Tokyo  2020 Olympics she established on August 4, 2021 the initial Olympic Record in speed climbing with 6.97 s, which she improved in the finals on August 6, setting a new World Record with 6.84 s. She finished in 4th place in the overall standings and did not win a medal. Personal life. She previously competed under her maiden name, as Aleksandra Rudzińska. She is married to her coach, Mateusz Mirosław.