Wiktoria Gadajska (born 8 January 2006) is a Polish hurdler. She won the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the

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Career

In 2022, at the U18 Polish Indoor Championships, Gadajska won the

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with a time of 8.26 seconds to become the Polish U18 national record holder, improving the previous record held by Pia Skrzyszowska. In July 2023, she reached the

final at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in

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. In May 2024 in

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, Gadajska improved the Polish national U20 record for the 400 metres hurdles, running a time of 57.07 seconds. She won silver in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in

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, Peru in August 2024 with a Polish national under-20 record time of 56.87 seconds.

Personal life

She is a member of RLTL GGG RADOM in

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, Poland.

References

2006 births Living people Polish female hurdlers 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub