| Joanna Mitrosz | |||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Asia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 1988 Gdynia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Club | UKS Jantar Gdynia | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alicja Urbaniak | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
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Joanna Mitrosz-Cieślak (née Mitrosz; born 21 August 1988 in Gdynia, Poland), is a retired Polish rhythmic gymnast.[1] She competed at two Olympics (2008, 2012) and is a seven-time consecutive Polish national champion (2006-2012).[2]
Career
[edit]Mitrosz began gymnastics after her father saw an ad in the newspaper.[3] Her first World Championships were the 2003 World Championships, where she qualified for the all-around final and finished in 28th place.[4] She became Polish national champion for the first time in 2006 and continued to win the title every year for the rest of her career.[2]
She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and placed 16th in the qualifications; she did not advance into the finals.[5]
Mitrosz broke into the top 10 at the World and European level in 2009; she placed 10th at both the 2009 European Championships and the 2009 World Championships.[6][7] She had her highest World Championships placement in 2011, where she finished 8th in the all-around.[5]
In 2012, she competed on the World Cup circuit, and she finished 4th at the stage in Kyiv, which was the best of her career, and 8th at the stage in Pesaro.[5][8] At the 2012 European Championships, she placed 7th.[9]
In August, she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she reached the final and finished in 9th place.[1]
Mitrosz won the 2012 Dziennik Bałtycki Athlete of the Year award. She announced that she had completed her career in early 2013, saying that although there were gymnasts older than her still competing, she did not think it would be good for her health to do so and she wanted to live with more privacy.[9] She gave a farewell performance that March.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Mitrosz married in late 2012.[9]
Her favorite apparatus to perform with was the ribbon.[5]
Achievements
[edit]- First Polish gymnast to win a medal at the Grand Prix Final, a bronze in hoop.
Detailed Olympic results
[edit]| Year | Competition Description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Rank | Score-Final | Rank | Score-Qualifying |
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| 2012 | Olympics | London | All-around | 9th | 108.900 | 8th | 109.750 | |
| My Cyganie | Ribbon | 8th | 27.425 | 7th | 27.450 | |||
| Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps by Pussycat Dolls | Ball | 6th | 27.150 | 8th | 27.250 | |||
| Tanguera by Sexteto Mayor | Hoop | 7th | 27.475 | 9th | 27.425 | |||
| Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman | Clubs | 8th | 26.850 | 6th | 27.625 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joanna Mitrosz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Mistrzowie Polski" [Polish Champions]. Polish Gymnastics Association (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Mitrosz: Wrócę jako trener" [Mitrosz: I will return as a coach]. trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). 11 March 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2003 - Individual - Budapest, Hungary". Longines Timing. 29 September 2003. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d Kalemba, Thomas (18 April 2012). "Joanna Mitrosz - polska piękność na igrzyska w Londynie" [Joanna Mitrosz - Polish beauty at the London Games]. Przegląd Sportowy Onet (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "2009 European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Results for 29th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Mie (JPN)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Kolejny udany start Mitrosz w Pucharze Świata" [Another successful competition for Mitrosz at the World Cup]. Przegląd Sportowy Onet (in Polish). 20 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Stankiewicz, Paweł (7 January 2013). "Joanna Mitrosz: Wygrana w plebiscycie to ukoronowanie 18 lat pracy" [Joanna Mitrosz: Winning the plebiscite is the culmination of 18 years of work]. Dziennik Bałtycki (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Joanna Mitrosz at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Joanna Mitrosz at Olympics.com
- Joanna Mitrosz at Olympic.org (archived)
- Joanna Mitrosz at Olympedia
