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Anastazja Kuś

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Anastazja Kuś
Anastazja Kuś in 2025
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (2007-05-11) 11 May 2007 (age 18)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 400m (Outdoor): 51.89 (Banská Bystrica, 2024)
  • 400m (Indoor): 53.42 (Toruń, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Nanjing 4x400 m relay
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Banská Bystrica 400m
Silver medal – second place 2024 Banská Bystrica Medley relay
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2023 Maribor 400m

Anastazja Kuś (born 11 May 2007) is a Polish sprinter. She competed for Poland at the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Early life

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She spent part of her childhood in Istanbul, where her father, professional footballer Marcin Kuś, was playing at the time.[2] She took part in gymnastics and tennis in her youth before focusing on athletics.[3]

Career

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She broke her personal bests in the 100, 200 and 400 metres in 2023, winning the Polish under-18 title over 400 metres.[4] She won a gold medal at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor in 2023.[5] She competed at the 2023 European U20 Championships in Jerusalem.[6]

She is a member of AZS UWM Olsztyn and was part of their club relay team that won the gold medal at the Polish Senior Indoor Championships in the 4 × 400 meters in February 2024. Later that year, racing in Toruń, she broke the U18 national record, running 54.15 seconds. She lowered it further to 52.26 seconds at the Polish Outdoor Championships in Bydgoszcz in June 2024, and in the final she placed sixth overall.[7] In July 2024, she won the Polish U18 Championships with a time of 52.68 seconds in Lublin.[8]

She ran a personal best, national under-18 record and championship record of 51.89 for the 400 metres to win gold at the 2024 European U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia on 20 July 2024.[9]

She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[10][11] She was selected for the 4 × 400 metres relay team for the 2025 World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[12] In July 2025, she won the 400 metres at the Polish U20 Championships in Wloclawek in a time of 52.01 seconds.[13] The following month, she won her semi-final at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere.[14]

Personal life

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Kuś is a keen pianist.[15] She was enrolled in Szkola w Chmurze (an online school for homeschoolers). In February 2025, she was announced as the subject of the documentary series On Fire, produced by European Athletics.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Anastazja Kuś". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Polish Hope. "We were driving, I opened the internet and tears flowed"". przegladsportowy.net. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Anastazja Kuś zwycięża w Mariborze. Kim jest 16-letnia rewelacja z Olsztyna, która podbija lekkoatletyczny świat?". Olsztyn.com. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Anastazja Kuś is the gold medalist of EYOF Maribor 2023". uwmfm.pl. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. ^ "17-year-old Polish girl is amazing! Her father is very famous". przegladsportowy.net. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Anastazja Kuś: From the very beginning we have tried to approach sports professionally". bieganie.pl. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Will the runner from Olsztyn Anastazja Kuś go to Paris?". Gazetaolsztynska.pl. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Anastazja Kuś and Iwo Urbanowicz with medals in the Polish Athletics Championships under 18". uwmfm.pl. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Italian and Polish doubles and four championship bests in the sprints in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Igrzyska z 17-latką! Wyciekł skład Polski na Paryż [PILNE]". sport.tvp.pl. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Athletics IAAF World Championships. Modest team, but several medal chances for the white and reds". Sport.tv.pl. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  13. ^ Mills, Steven (28 July 2025). "10 days to Tampere 2025! Hallberg Hossain and Lampinen impress at Nordic U20 Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  14. ^ "World U20 record! Troscianka wins European U20 decathlon gold with 8514 points". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  15. ^ Wisniewski, Paul (27 July 2023). "Athletics. Former Polish national footballer is proud! Daughter the fastest in Europe. Daughter flies, father chased with the ball. Number 1 is Kuś". gk24.pl. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  16. ^ Broadbent, Chris (7 February 2025). "Six months to Tampere 2025! One lap prospects feature on My Fire documentary". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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