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Alicja TCHÓRZ
Sport Life Saving, Swimming
NOC Poland   
GenderWomen
Born13 Aug 1992 in Kalisz, POL
Height1.77 m
 Human Interest 
Further Personal Information
Residence
 Wroclaw, POL
Sport Specific Information
Club / Team
 MKS Juvenia Wroclaw: Poland
Why this sport?
 Her parents wanted her to do a sport to remain healthy.
Name of coach
 Grzegorz Widanka [club], POL; Robert Brus [national], POL
When and where did you begin this sport?
 She took up swimming in third grade of primary school in Kalisz, Poland.
Further Personal Information
Higher education
 Management, Manufacturing Engineering - Wroclaw University of Economics: Poland
General Interest
Memorable sporting achievement
 Winning gold in the women's 4x50m medley relay at the 2019 European Short Course Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and competing at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. (ig24.pl, 06 May 2015; Instagram profile, 10 Feb 2020; naszemiasto.pl, 13 Jan 2020; magazynsportowiec.pl, 23 Dec 2019)
Hero / Idol
 Polish swimmer Otylia Jedrzejczak. (wywiady24.blog.onet.pl, 22 Apr 2015)
Further Personal Information
Occupation
 Armed Forces Athlete, Lecturer, Student
Languages
 English, Polish
General Interest
Nicknames
 Ala (Facebook profile, 10 Feb 2020)
Other sports
 She has represented Poland in lifesaving. She won silver in 200m obstacle and bronze in 4x50m medley relay at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland. (magazynsportowiec.pl, 25 Jan 2018)
Awards and honours
 In 2021 she was named one of Wroclaw's Women of the Year in Poland. (Facebook page, 09 Dec 2021)

She was named the 2019 Athlete of the Year in Lower Silesia in Poland. (naszemiasto.pl, 13 Jan 2020)
Other information
 INNOVATOR
She created the online platform Nasi Mistrzowie, designed to help Polish athletes find sponsors. "The main task of the platform is to connect athletes, fans and sponsors. We want to show that promoting companies through sport works much better than normal advertisement." (onet.pl, 11 May 2018)

FURTHER STUDIES
She has studied for a PhD in development management at the Wroclaw University of Economics in Poland, writing her dissertation on sports marketing. (przegladsportowy.pl, 09 Apr 2021; ue.wroc.pl, 2020; runforest.pl, 01 May 2020)
Sport Specific Information
Training Regime
 She has a two-hour training session twice per day, and also spends an hour in the gym.

 Competition Highlights
Olympic Games
Rank Year Venue Event Result
Heats 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 100m Backstroke 1:01.31
Heats 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 200m Backstroke 2:11.40
Heats 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay  
29 2012 London, ENG 200m Backstroke 2:14.02
25 2012 London, ENG 100m Backstroke 1:01.44
World Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
Semifinal 2019 Gwangju, KOR 50m Backstroke 28.18
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 100m Backstroke 1:01.08
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay  
Heats 2019 Gwangju, KOR 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
Semifinal 2017 Budapest, HUN 50m Backstroke 28.13
Heats 2017 Budapest, HUN 100m Backstroke 1:01.26
Semifinal 2015 Kazan, RUS 200m Backstroke 2:14.49
Heats 2015 Kazan, RUS 50m Backstroke 28.87
Semifinal 2015 Kazan, RUS 100m Backstroke 1:01.09
Heats 2015 Kazan, RUS 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
Heats 2015 Kazan, RUS 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:40.89
Heat 2011 Shanghai, CHN 50m Backstroke 29.50
Heat 2011 Shanghai, CHN 200m Backstroke 2:14.27
Heat 2011 Shanghai, CHN 100m Backstroke 1:02.04
Heat 2009 Rome, ITA 50m Backstroke 29.07
Semifinal 2009 Rome, ITA 200m Backstroke 2:11.06
Heat 2009 Rome, ITA 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
Heat 2009 Rome, ITA 100m Backstroke 1:01.75
World Championships Short Course
Rank Year Venue Event Result
8 2018 Hangzhou, CHN 50m Backstroke 26.42
Semifinal 2018 Hangzhou, CHN 100m Backstroke 58.40
Heats 2018 Hangzhou, CHN 200m Backstroke  DNS
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 200m Backstroke 2:08.63
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 200m Individual Medley 2:10.46
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 100m Individual Medley 1:00.93
Heats 2014 Doha, QAT 100m Backstroke 58.56
Heats 2012 Istanbul, TUR 200m Individual Medley 2:11.39
Heats 2012 Istanbul, TUR 200m Backstroke  DNS
Heats 2012 Istanbul, TUR 100m Backstroke 59.84
Semifinal 2012 Istanbul, TUR 100m Individual Medley 1:00.93
European Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
4 2021 Budapest, HUN 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:25.59
Semifinal 2021 Budapest, HUN 50m Backstroke 28.01
Heats 2021 Budapest, HUN 100m Backstroke  DNS
Heats 2021 Budapest, HUN 100m Freestyle  DNS
Heats 2021 Budapest, HUN 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay  
7 2021 Budapest, HUN 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
4 2018 Glasgow, SCO 50m Backstroke 27.74
  2018 Glasgow, SCO 100m Backstroke DNS
9 2018 Glasgow, SCO 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:40.94
Heats 2018 Glasgow, SCO 4 x 100m Medley Relay  
6 2018 Glasgow, SCO 4 x 100m Medley Relay 3:47.72
7 2018 Glasgow, SCO 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 3:29.62
8 2016 London, ENG 200m Backstroke 2:13.48
Semifinal 2016 London, ENG 100m Backstroke 1:01.19
Semifinal 2016 London, ENG 50m Backstroke 28.93
8 2016 London, ENG 4 x 100m Medley Relay 4:06.82
Heats 2014 Berlin, GER 100m Backstroke 1:02.47
Semifinal 2014 Berlin, GER 200m Backstroke 2:13.29
Heats 2014 Berlin, GER 50m Backstroke 29.47
Semifinal 2012 Debrecen, HUN 200m Backstroke 2:13.95
Semifinal 2012 Debrecen, HUN 100m Backstroke 1:02.33
Heats 2012 Debrecen, HUN 50m Backstroke 29.51
Heats 2012 Debrecen, HUN 4 x 100m Medley Relay 4:11.36
6 2010 Budapest, HUN 200m Backstroke 2:11.67
Heats 2010 Budapest, HUN 50m Backstroke 30.03
Heats 2010 Budapest, HUN 100m Backstroke 1:03.13
European Championships Short Course
Rank Year Venue Event Result
Heats 2021 Kazan, RUS 50m Backstroke 26.74
1 2021 Kazan, RUS 100m Individual Medley 57.82
3 2021 Kazan, RUS 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1:29.46
5 2021 Kazan, RUS 4 x 50m Medley Relay 1:44.93
3 2021 Kazan, RUS 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1:35.94
Heats 2019 Glasgow, SCO 200m Individual Medley  DNS
5 2019 Glasgow, SCO 100m Individual Medley 59.12
3 2019 Glasgow, SCO 50m Backstroke 26.16
6 2019 Glasgow, SCO 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1:36.90
1 2019 Glasgow, SCO 4 x 50m Medley Relay 1:44.85
Heats 2019 Glasgow, SCO 4 x 50m Medley Relay  
7 2017 Copenhagen, DEN 200m Individual Medley 2:12.39
Heats 2017 Copenhagen, DEN 100m Individual Medley  DNS
2 2017 Copenhagen, DEN 50m Backstroke 26.09
7 2017 Copenhagen, DEN 100m Backstroke 57.55
5 2017 Copenhagen, DEN 4 x 50m Medley Relay 1:45.63
6 2017 Copenhagen, DEN 4 x 50m Medley Relay 1:38.22
2 2015 Netanya, ISR 100m Backstroke 57.17
6 2015 Netanya, ISR 200m Backstroke 2:04.98
4 2015 Netanya, ISR 50m Backstroke 26.56
Semifinals 2013 Herning, DEN 100m Individual Medley 1:00.91
5 2013 Herning, DEN 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1:38.78
Heats 2013 Herning, DEN 400m Individual Medley 4:40.37
Heats 2013 Herning, DEN 200m Individual Medley 2:10.19
Heats 2013 Herning, DEN 100m Butterfly 59.40
Heats 2013 Herning, DEN 4 x 50m Medley Relay  DSQ
10 2013 Herning, DEN 4 x 50m Medley Relay  DSQ
20 2011 Szczecin, POL 200m Individual Medley 2:12.75
8 2011 Szczecin, POL 100m Backstroke 59.28
10 2011 Szczecin, POL 50m Backstroke 27.55
9 2011 Szczecin, POL 200m Backstroke 2:07.88
16 2009 Istanbul, TUR 200m Backstroke 2:07.06
22 2009 Istanbul, TUR 50m Backstroke 28.19
10 2009 Istanbul, TUR 100m Backstroke 59.08
World Cup
Rank Year Venue Event Result
6 2022 Indianapolis, IN, USA 50m Backstroke 26.81
8 2018 Budapest, HUN 50m Backstroke 26.74
7 2018 Budapest, HUN 4 x 50m Medley Relay 1:42.42
5 2018 Budapest, HUN 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1:33.17
8 2018 Eindhoven, NED 200m Individual Medley 2:11.69
32 2017   Overall  
5 2017 Moscow, RUS 100m Backstroke 58.25
8 2017 Moscow, RUS 100m Individual Medley 1:00.13
3 2017 Moscow, RUS 200m Individual Medley 2:08.13
3 2017 Moscow, RUS 50m Backstroke 26.69
2 2017 Moscow, RUS 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 1:32.93