Lidia Chojecka
Personal information
Born (1977-01-25)25 January 1977(age 49) Siedlce , Poland Sport
Retired 2013
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Poland World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris 1500 m 1999 Maebashi 1500 m 2006 Moscow 3000 m European Indoor Championships 2005 Madrid 3000 m 2007 Birmingham 1500 m 2007 Birmingham 3000 m 1998 Valencia 1500 m 2000 Ghent 3000 m 2011 Paris 3000 m European U23 Championships 1999 Gothenburg 1500 m 1997 Turku 1500 m European U20 Championships 1995 Nyíregyháza 1500 m
Women's athletics
Representing Poland
World Indoor Championships
1997 Paris · 1500 m
1999 Maebashi · 1500 m
2006 Moscow · 3000 m
European Indoor Championships
2005 Madrid · 3000 m
2007 Birmingham · 1500 m
2007 Birmingham · 3000 m
1998 Valencia · 1500 m
2000 Ghent · 3000 m
2011 Paris · 3000 m
European U23 Championships
1999 Gothenburg · 1500 m
1997 Turku · 1500 m
European U20 Championships
1995 Nyíregyháza · 1500 m
Chojecka (center) races in the 1500 m final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka , with Nataliya Tobias (L) and Yuliya Fomenko (R). Lidia Chojecka-Leandro (born 25 January 1977) is a retired Polish middle- and long-distance runner who mainly competed in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres . She won bronze medals in the 1500 m at the 1997 and 1999 World Indoor Championships , and the 3000 m at the 2006 World Indoor Championships . Chojecka is a six-time European Indoor Championships medallist in the 1500 m and 3000 m events, earning three golds and three silvers. She took the double at the 2007 European Indoor Championships , becoming the first runner, male or female, to win both events at the same championships. She had been one of the most consistent middle-distance runners in Europe throughout the 1990s, and finished fifth and sixth in back-to-back Olympic 1500 m finals in 2000 and 2004.
As an 18-year old, Chojecka won the 1500 m at the 1995 European Under-20 Championships . She placed second in the event at the 1997 European U23 Championships and took gold two years later . As of 2022 Chojecka held eight Polish national records in distances ranging from 1000 to 5000 metres (1000 m indoor, 1500 m out and indoor, one mile indoor, 2000 m , 3000 m out and indoor and 5000 m ). She won five Polish outdoor (1500 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m) and 13 indoor (800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m) titles.
Her husband and former coach is a Gabonese-born runner, Jean-Marc Léandro.
Achievements Personal bests 800 metres – 1:59.97 (Nuremberg 1999) 800 metres indoor – 1:59.99 (Birmingham 1999)1000 metres – 2:42.89 (Sopot 1994) NU18R 1000 metres indoor – 2:36.97 (Liévin 2003) NR 1500 metres – 3:59.22 (Oslo 2000) NR Birmingham 2003) NR One mile – 4:25.18 (Lausanne 1998) One mile indoor – 4:24.44 (Stuttgart 2000) NR 2000 metres – 5:38.44 (Brussels 2009) NR 3000 metres – 8:31.69 (Brussels 2002) NR Stuttgart 2007) NR 5000 metres – 15:04.88 (Berlin 2002) NR 10,000 metres – 32:55.10 (Warsaw 2007)National titles Polish Athletics Championships 1500 m: 1999, 2000, 2002 5000 m: 2011 10,000 m: 2007Polish Indoor Athletics Championships 800 m: 1999, 2004 1500 m: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009 3000 m: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007International competitions Representing Poland Year Competition Venue Position Event Result 1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon , Portugal7th 1500 m 4:18.70 1995 European Junior Championships Nyíregyháza , Hungary1st 1500 m 4:17.29 1996 World Junior Championships Sydney , Australia5th 1500 m 4:11.36 1997 World Indoor Championships Paris , France3rd 1500 m 4:06.25 European U23 Championships Turku , Finland2nd 1500 m 4:14.70 Universiade Catania , Italy3rd 1500 m 4:12.38 1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia , Spain2nd 1500 m 4:14.93 European Championships Budapest , Hungary6th 1500 m 4:15.00 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi , Japan3rd 1500 m 4:05.86 European U23 Championships Gothenburg , Sweden1st 1500 m 4:07.86 World Championships Seville , Spain9th 1500 m 4:05.55 2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent , Belgium– 1500 m DNF 2nd 3000 m 8:42.42 Olympic Games Sydney , Australia5th 1500 m 4:06.42 2001 World Championships Edmonton , Canada5th 1500 m 4:06.70 Goodwill Games Brisbane , Australia4th Mile 4:39.96 2002 European Championships Munich , Germany9th 1500 m 4:10.56 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham , United Kingdom10th (h) 1500 m 4:10.51 2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest , Hungary8th 1500 m 4:10.32 Olympic Games Athens , Greece6th 1500 m 3:59.27 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo , Monaco7th 1500 m 4:06.62 2nd 3000 m 8:39.16 2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid , Spain1st 3000 m 8:43.76 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow , Russia3rd 3000 m 8:42.59 European Championships Gothenburg , Sweden5th 1500 m 4:01.43 World Athletics Final Stuttgart , Germany6th 1500 m 4:07.20 World Cup Athens , Greece5th 1500 m 4:06.52 2nd 3000 m 8:39.69 2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham , United Kingdom1st 1500 m 4:05.13 1st 3000 m 8:43.25 World Championships Osaka , Japan8th 1500 m 4:08.64 2008 Olympic Games Beijing , China31st (h) 1500 m 4:19.57 2009 European Indoor Championships Turin , Italy6th 1500 m 4:15.90 – 3000 m DNF World Championships Berlin , Germany7th 1500 m 4:07.17 2010 World Indoor Championships Doha , Qatar11th 3000 m 9:07.80 European Championships Barcelona , Spain– 5000 m DNF 2011 European Indoor Championships Paris , France2nd 3000 m 8:58.30 2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey6th 3000 m 8:56.86 European Championships Helsinki , Finland25th (h) 1500 m 4:20.66
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