Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
.jpg) Tsimanouskaya at the 2019 Summer Universiade | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 19 November 1996 Klimavichy, Belarus |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m |
| Club | BFST Dynamo |
Krystsina Siarheyeuna Tsimanouskaya or Kristina Sergeyevna Timanovskaya (Belarusian: Крысціна Сяргееўна Ціманоўская, Łacinka: Kryscina Siarhiejeŭna Cimanoŭskaja, Belarusian pronunciation: [t͡simanˈɔwskaː]; Russian: Кристина Сергеевна Тимановская, Russian pronunciation: [tɪmənˈofskəː]; born on November 19, 1996) is a Belarusian and Polish[1][2] sprinter.[3] She won a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2017 European U23 Championships, a gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2019 Summer Universiade and a silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games.[4]
2020 Olympics[change | change source]
Tsimanouskaya was about to be part of the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m events. Belarus and the country's Olympic committee forced her to run in the 4 × 400 m relay race, even though she did not want to.[5] Belarusian sports representatives just did not make enough doping tests for other 4 × 400 m relay race sprinters.[5] But Tsimanouskaya has never run in this event as a sprinter.[5]
On July 30, 2021, during the Games, she took it to her Instagram and said bad things about the Belarus Olympic Committee.[5] On August 1, 2021, she was taken to Haneda Airport by the representatives of the Belarusian Olympic team against her will.[5] She was forced into taking a flight in Belarus.[5] She was afraid to come back home and did not want to go to Belarus.[5] She contacted Japanese police in Haneda Airport.[5] Japanese police offered her protection.[5] Then she asked for asylum in Poland.[5] Its embassy in Japan took her in on August 2, 2021.[6]
International events[change | change source]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Belarus
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| 2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 6th | 100 m | 11.85 |
| 17th (h) | 200 m | 24.51 | |||
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 12th (sf) | 60 m | 7.39 |
| European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2nd | 100 m | 11.54 | |
| 4th | 200 m | 23.32 | |||
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 31st (h) | 60 m | 7.37 |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 11.34 | |
| 10th (sf) | 200 m | 23.03 | |||
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 7th | 60 m | 7.26 |
| Universiade | Naples, Italy | 6th | 100 m | 11.44 | |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.00 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 26th (h) | 200 m | 23.22 | |
| European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 2nd | team | TBC | |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | – | 60 m | DQ |
| 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 38th (h) | 100 m | 11.47 | |
| – | 200 m | DNC | |||
Representing  Poland
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| 2023 | Polish Indoor Athletics Championships | Toruń, Poland | 2nd | 60 m | 7.25 |
Personal bests[change | change source]
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.04 (+0.7 m/s, Minsk 2018)
- 200 metres – 22.78 (−1.2 m/s, Minsk 2019)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.21 (Mogilyov 2017)
- 200 metres – 23.62 (Mogilyov 2019)
Personal life[change | change source]
She is married to sprinter Arseniy Zdanevich.[7] He was afraid of getting in trouble over his wife's words and went to Ukraine in August 2021.[7] Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's parents told Krystsina Tsimanouskaya not to return to Belarus. There was information that Belarusian police locked in on them and Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's grandmother.[6] A Financial Times interview claims she officially worked for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Belarus with the rank of Lieutenant.[8]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Tétrault-Farber, Gabrielle (7 August 2023). "Two years after Olympic defection, Belarusian sprinter cleared to race for Poland". Reuters. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ↑ "Belarusian athlete who fled Lukashenko becomes Polish citizen". euronews. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ↑ Krystsina Tsimanouskaya at World Athletics
- ↑ "Team results" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 Brunner, Simone (2 August 2021). "Von der Sprinterin zur Staatsfeindin" (in German). Die Zeit. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Roth, Andrew (2 August 2021). "Belarus sprinter faces long exile in Poland after seeking refuge". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Roth, Andrew (2 August 2021). "Belarus athlete who refused to fly home is granted Polish visa". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ Miecznicka, Magdalena (20 August 2021). "Olympic defector Krystsina Tsimanouskaya: 'Eventually, we will win'". Financial Times. Warsaw. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
Other websites[change | change source]
- "The Guardian view on Belarus: an Olympic athlete joins the exodus". The Guardian. 2 August 2021.
- "Opinion: An Olympian reminds us: In Belarus, honesty can be a crime". The Washington Post. 2 August 2021.
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