
Lidia Chojecka-Leandro (born 25 January 1977)
is a retired Polish
middle- and
long-distance runner
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who mainly competed in the
1500 metres
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and
3000 metres
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. She won bronze medals in the 1500 m at the
1997
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and
1999 World Indoor Championships, and the 3000 m at the
2006 World Indoor Championships. Chojecka is a six-time
European Indoor Championships
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medallist in the 1500 m and 3000 m events, earning three golds and three silvers. She took the double at the
2007 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first runner, male or female, to win both events at the same championships. She had been one of the most consistent middle-distance runners in Europe throughout the 1990s, and finished fifth and sixth in back-to-back Olympic 1500 m finals in 2000 and 2004.
As an 18-year old, Chojecka won the 1500 m at the
1995 European Under-20 Championships. She placed second in the event at the
1997 European U23 Championships and took gold
two years later. As of 2022 Chojecka held eight
Polish national records in distances ranging from
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to
5000 metres
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(1000 m indoor, 1500 m out and indoor,
one mile
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The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field' ...
indoor,
2000 m, 3000 m out and indoor and
5000 m). She won five Polish outdoor (1500 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m) and 13 indoor (800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m) titles.
Her husband and former coach is a Gabonese-born runner, Jean-Marc Léandro.
Achievements
Personal bests
*
800 metres
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– 1:59.97 (
Nuremberg
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1999)
** 800 metres indoor – 1:59.99 (
Birmingham
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1999)
*
1000 metres
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The 1000 ...
– 2:42.89 (
Sopot
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1994)
** 1000 metres indoor – 2:36.97 (
Liévin
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Overview
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2003)
*
1500 metres
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– 3:59.22 (
Oslo
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2000)
** 1500 metres indoor – 4:03.58 (
Birmingham
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2003)
*
One mile
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The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field' ...
– 4:25.18 (
Lausanne
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1998)
** One mile indoor – 4:24.44 (
Stuttgart
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2000)
*
2000 metres
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– 5:38.44 (
Brussels
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2009)
*
3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...
– 8:31.69 (
Brussels
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2002)
** 3000 metres indoor – 8:38.21 (
Stuttgart
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2007)
*
5000 metres
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– 15:04.88 (
Berlin
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2002)
*
10,000 metres
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– 32:55.10 (
Warsaw
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2007)
National titles
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Polish Athletics Championships
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** 1500 m: 1999, 2000, 2002
** 5000 m: 2011
** 10,000 m: 2007
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Polish Indoor Athletics Championships
The Polish Indoor Athletics Championships () is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Polish Athletic Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Poland.[Polish records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Poland maintained by its national athletics federation: Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (PZLA).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
Men
Women
Mixed
Indoor Men
Women
Mixed
Notes
Refere ...]
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
Polish female middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Poland
Sportspeople from Siedlce
Athletes from Masovian Voivodeship
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
20th-century Polish women
21st-century Polish sportswomen
Polish Athletics Championships winners