Krystsina Tsimanouskaya

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
	Tsimanouskaya at the 2019 Summer Universiade
Personal information
Born	19 November 1996 (age 28); 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

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Belarus
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	6th	100 m	11.85
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	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
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	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
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	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
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	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
	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	–	200 m	DNC
Representing Poland
2023	Polish Indoor Athletics Championships	Toruń, Poland	2nd	60 m	7.25

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres – 11.04 (+0.7 m/s, Minsk 2018)
200 metres – 22.75 (+1,0 m/s Warsaw 2023)

Indoor

60 metres – 7.21 (Mogilyov 2017, Minsk 2019, Luxembourg 2024)
200 metres – 23.45 (Toruń 2023)

Personal life

She was 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]

References

↑ 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.

Other websites

"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.

[1] Tétrault-Farber, Gabrielle (7 August 2023). "Two years after Olympic defection, Belarusian sprinter cleared to race for Poland". Reuters. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[2] "Belarusian athlete who fled Lukashenko becomes Polish citizen". euronews. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[3] Krystsina Tsimanouskaya at World Athletics

[team_medalists_european_games_2019-4] "Team results" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[zeit-5] 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.

[guardianparentsathletes-6] 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.

[guardian-7] 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.

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