Sylwia Ejdys-Tomaszewska (born 15 July 1984 in

Bogatynia Bogatynia (; German language, German: ''Reichenau in Sachsen''; ; ) is a town in Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. As of December 2021, the town had a population of 16,460. Geography The municipal area forms Po ...

) is a Polish

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who specialises in the

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. She competed in the event at the

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. Her personal best for the distance is 4:02.30 minutes. Ejdys had a share in the women's U23 team silver medal at the

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alongside

Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska (born 7 April 1985 in Lipno) is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and 2012 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Ch ...

. She claimed her first major win over 1500 metres at the 2007 European Cup. She was the

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list at the 2007 World Student Games and became the 1500 m military champion at the

2007 Military World Games The 2007 Military World Games, officially the 4th CISM Military World Games were held at the twin-cities Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad - Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from 14–21 October 2007. Some parts of the games were also hel ...

in October. She represented Poland at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, but did not make it past the first round of the 1500 m. She moved up to the

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 ...

for the

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and came runner-up to

Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina (, ) (born 9 July 1978 in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan) is a Russian distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59 minutes. Early that year she won a bronze m ...

. She reached the semi-finals of her speciality at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenbu ...

. Ejdys narrowly missed a medal at the

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, coming in fourth place behind defending champion

Gelete Burka Gelete Burka Bati (sometimes misspelled ''Burika'', Oromo: Galate Burqaa Baati, Amharic: ገለቴ ቡርቃ; born 23 January 1986) is an Ethiopian middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was born in Kofele in the Arsi Zone of the Oromi ...

. She reached the 1500 m final at the

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but performed poorly and finished dead last. She improved her 3000 m personal best at the BW-Bank Meeting in February 2011, taking second place with a time of 8:43.22 minutes.Records tumble in Karlsruhe, Spiegelburg clears 4.76m
.

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(2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.

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* 1984 births Living people People from Bogatynia Polish female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Śląsk Wrocław athletes FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish sportswomen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub