Iga Baumgart-Witan (born 11 April 1989) is a Polish sprinter specialising in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. She won several medals at major championships as part of Polish

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...

s, including a gold in the mixed relay and a silver in the women's relay at the

2020 Tokyo Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

. Baumgart-Witan represented Poland in relays at the

2012 London The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and

2016 Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

as well as at five World Championships. She won three Polish national titles.

Competition record

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 23.77 (+2.0 m/s,

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2012) ** 200 metres indoor – 24.48 (

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2022) *

– 51.02 (

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2019) ** 400 metres indoor – 51.91 (

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2019) ;Relays *

– 3:20.53 (

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2021)

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Iga Baumgart-Witan
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * Athletes from Bydgoszcz Polish female sprinters 1989 births Living people Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists European Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Polish sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub