Birth name Anna Olichwierczuk Sport Athletics Role Athlete Weight 58 kg Events 400 metres hurdles | Nationality Poland Name Anna Jesien Height 1.68 m Spouse Pawel Jesien | |
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Born 10 December 1978 (age 45) ( 1978-12-10 ) Kostki, Poland Club LLKS Prefbet Sniadowo Lomza | ||
Anna Jesien (POL) after winning the 400mH
Anna Jesień, née Olichwierczuk (born 10 December 1978 in Kostki near Sokołów Podlaski) is a Polish former hurdler.
She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich. Four years later she finished 6th in the final of the same event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
She also competed in both 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games but failed to make it through the heats on both occasions. She finished 4th in the 2005 World Championships. In 2007 she won the bronze medal at World Championships in Osaka.
At the 2008 Olympics, she reached the final of the 400 m hurdles and finished in 5th place, while the women's 4 x 400 metre hurdles team reached the semi-finals. At the 2012 Olympics, she reached the semi-finals in the 400 m hurdles.