Daria Abramowicz (born 10 October 1987) is a Polish
sports psychologist
Sport psychology was defined by the European Federation of Sport in 1996, as the study of the psychological basis, processes, and effects of sport. Otherwise, sport is considered as any physical activity where the individuals engage for competi ...
known for working with professional tennis player
Iga Świątek.
Career
Abramowicz was born in the northern Polish town of
Iława
Iława (; german: Deutsch Eylau ) is a town in northern Poland with 32,276 inhabitants (2010). It is situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Olsztyn Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Iława ...
. She was an accomplished sailor as a junior, but a wrist fracture abruptly ended her sailing sports career at age 18.
Shortly after the injury, she began unofficially to coach other sailors, before building her reputation as a prominent sports psychologist in Poland by working other athletes, including cyclists, swimmers, and chess players.
At university, she studied sport and psychology, first at the in Gdańsk and then at
SWPS University in Warsaw, where she graduated with a master's degree in psychology in 2016.
Abramowicz has become known for working closely with Polish tennis player Iga Świątek. In February 2019, when Świątek was 17 and ranked just inside the
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
's top 150, her team approached Abramowicz for mental coaching. Abramowicz traveled to
Budapest
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to watch Świątek play and was impressed by her "competitive fire".
Abramowicz soon joined Świątek's traveling team and has helped to emphasize the importance of establishing healthy routines, setting reasonable expectations, and managing on-court stress.
According to ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', "Abramowicz works with Swiatek much more frequently than usual
or a mental coach in tennis.
When Świątek acquired her breakthrough first Grand Slam title, at the
2020 French Open, she credited Abramowicz with "
akingmy confidence level higher".
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1987 births
Living people
People from Iława
Polish female sailors (sport)
Sport psychologists