Aneta Florczyk
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Aneta Florczyk pseud.
Atena (born 26 of February 1982 r. in Malbork
) – Polish
female athlete, especially strongwoman
.
Aneta Florczyk started her career at the age of 16, as a powerlifter
. She won Polish Championships several times, and in 2000 became European Champion. As a first Polish athlete she has broken the barrier of 500 kg in powerlifting. After she had been suspended in national team (the suspension has later been proven unfounded and overruled by the court), she began training weightlifting
, becoming Polish Champion in juniors and vice Champion in seniors.
Since 2002 she has started training on the equipment typical for strongman
and strongwoman
contests. Only a year later she won the World's Strongest Woman
in Zambia
and in 2004 – Europe's Strongest Woman in Ireland
.
Later she was World's Champion / World's Strongest Woman in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008.
in Poland). Her first partner was Marcin Czajka, but after two episodes he was replaced by Maciej Lewandowski. They finished the show at the 3rd place.
edition of the show, where interesting tries of breaking the Guinness World Records
are shown. Aneta had to roll most pans in one minute. She established the record rolling 4 pans.
In November 2008 she has improved her Record – rolling 5 pans. This time it was a part of the Chinese show, shot in Beijing
.
Another record has been established once again in Spain
, but this time it was about lifting adult men overhead. Aneta's result was 12, while her Spanish rival – athlete Irene Gutierrez - lifted 10 persons.
Pseudonym
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Atena (born 26 of February 1982 r. in Malbork
Malbork
Malbork is a town in northern Poland in the Żuławy region , with 38,478 inhabitants . Situated in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously assigned to Elbląg Voivodeship...
) – Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
female athlete, especially strongwoman
Strongwoman
Strongwoman refers to either a woman performing feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics. Traditionally, strongwomen have had a special appeal, as women involved in demonstrated feats of strength were exceptions....
.
Aneta Florczyk started her career at the age of 16, as a powerlifter
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
. She won Polish Championships several times, and in 2000 became European Champion. As a first Polish athlete she has broken the barrier of 500 kg in powerlifting. After she had been suspended in national team (the suspension has later been proven unfounded and overruled by the court), she began training weightlifting
Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
, becoming Polish Champion in juniors and vice Champion in seniors.
Since 2002 she has started training on the equipment typical for strongman
Strongman (strength athlete)
In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats of strength such as the bent press , supporting large amounts of...
and strongwoman
Strongwoman
Strongwoman refers to either a woman performing feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics. Traditionally, strongwomen have had a special appeal, as women involved in demonstrated feats of strength were exceptions....
contests. Only a year later she won the World's Strongest Woman
World's Strongest Woman
World's Strongest Woman was an annual strongwoman contest organized by the International Federation of Strength Athletes . The format was similar to the World's Strongest Man contest, but with lighter weights. The contest was first held in 2001....
in Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
and in 2004 – Europe's Strongest Woman in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
Later she was World's Champion / World's Strongest Woman in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008.
Powerlifting and bench press achievements
- 19 years old Juniors' Champion of Poland in bench pressBench pressThe bench press is an exercise of the upper body. For bodybuilding purposes, it is used to stimulate the pectorals, deltoids, and triceps. While on his or her back, the person performing the bench press lowers a weight to the level of the chest, then pushes it back up until the arm is straight...
- 23 years old Juniors' Champion of Poland in bench press
- Silver medal in Seniors' Polish Championship in bench press
- Silver medal on Polish Cup in bench press
- Gold medal on Polish Cup in powerliftingPowerliftingPowerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
- Seniors' Champion of Poland in powerlifting
- Sport class - champion' s international
- Member of National Team in bench press and powerlifting 1999-2001
- Powerlifting - second place in European Championship of seniors, Luxembourg 2000
- Record holder of Poland in powerlifting, weight category - 82,5 kg
- Juniors' Record holder of Europe in deadlift - 213 kg
- Silver medal in International Armwrestling Tournament
- As a first Polish woman she broke the barrier of 500 kg in powerlifting (507,5)
- As a first Polish woman she broke the barrier of 200 kg in deadliftDeadliftThe deadlift is a weight training exercise where a loaded barbell is lifted off the ground from a stabilized, bent over position. It is one of the three canonical powerlifting exercises, along with the squat and bench press.-Overview:...
Weightlifting achievements
- 2002 – Polish Vice Champion in seniors
- 2002 – Polish Champion in juniors
- 2002 – European Championship finalist in juniors
Strongwoman achievements
- 2003 – Second place on Scandinavian Championship in Vasteras, Sweden
- 2003 – First place on Built Solid Strongman Challenge in Columbus, USA
- 2003 – Fourth place on European Strongest Woman in Ireland
- 2003 – First place on World' s Strongest Woman in Zambia
- 2004 – First place on European Strongest Woman in Northern Ireland
- 2005 – First place on FitExpo in London
- 2005 – First place on International Norway's Championship in Larvik
- 2005 – First place on World's Strongwoman Championship in Northern Ireland
- 2005 – Second place on World's Highland Games Cup in Scotland
- 2005 – First place on Bregstaed contest, Norway
- 2005 – First place on Europe's Strongwoman Championship in Bydgoszcz
- 2006 – First place on World's Strongwoman Championship in Opalenica
- 2006 – First place, with Tyberiusz Kowalczyk, on international Strongman/Strongwoman Pairs Competition
- 2007 – Winning the European Strongwoman Championship - Trondheim, Norway
- 2008 – Winning the World Strongwoman Championship - Poland, Tczew
Dancing on Ice
She appeared in the second edition of the Polish version of “Dancing on Ice” show (called “Gwiazdy tańczą na lodzie”Dancing on Ice around the world
-Argentina:In Argentina, the show was broadcast on Channel 13 as a segment inside the television program "Showmatch", hosted by Marcelo Tinelli. It started on August 9, 2007 featuring an all-female cast...
in Poland). Her first partner was Marcin Czajka, but after two episodes he was replaced by Maciej Lewandowski. They finished the show at the 3rd place.
| Episode | Song | Average grade | Detailed grades | Classification (Judges) | Classification (Viewers) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No one Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano... |
6.3 | 6, 7, 6, 6 | 8. place | 6. place |
| 2 | Milord Édith Piaf Édith Piaf Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads... |
7.5 | 7, 9, 7, 7 | 8. place | 8. place |
| 3 | Don't Cry Guns N'Roses |
7.5 | 8, 8, 7, 7 | 4. place | 5. place |
| 4 | Kung fu fighting Carl Douglas Carl Douglas Carl Douglas is a former Jamaican-born, UK-based, singer, best known for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one in both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The R.I.A.A. awarded gold disc status on 27 November, and it won a Grammy Award for Best Selling Single... |
8.0 | 8, 7, 9, 8 | 6. place | SKATE OFF |
| 5 | California Love 2 Pac |
8.5 | 9, 8, 8, 9 | 3. place | 3. place |
| 6 | Seksapil Eugeniusz Bodo Eugeniusz Bodo Eugeniusz Bodo was a film director, producer and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the inter-war period. He starred in some of the most popular Polish film productions of the 1930s, including His Excellency, The Shop Assistant, Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? and Pieśniarz Warszawy... |
8.8 | 9, 9, 8, 9 | 2. place | 2. place |
| 7 | Love at first sight Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing... |
6.8 | 7, 7, 6, 7 | 6. place | 4. place |
| 7 | Şımarık Tarkan |
8.5 | 9, 8, 8, 9 | 2. place | 4. place |
| 8 | The Blue Danube Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas... |
7.0 | 7, 7, 7, 7 | 4. place | SKATE OFF |
| 8 | Besame Mucho Dalida Dalida Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult... |
9.0 | 9, 9, 9, 9 | 2. place | SKATE OFF |
| 9 | The passenger Iggy Pop Iggy Pop Iggy Pop is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop's music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues... |
8.0 | 7, 9, 8, 8 | 3. place | SKATE OFF |
| 9 | Let the sunshine In Hair Hair Hair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class.... |
8.0 | 8, 8, 8, 8 | 4. place | SKATE OFF |
| 10 | Carmen Georges Bizet Georges Bizet Georges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a... |
9.0 | 9, 10, 9, 8 | 2. place | SKATE OFF |
| 10 | Just a Gigolo Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films... |
8.8 | 8, 10, 9, 8 | 3. place | SKATE OFF |
The frying pan stunt and Guinness World Records
A major boost for her career came when a video clip was posted on the Internet, where Aneta was rolling a frying pan. The movie was unexpectedly popular and it get a lot of media interest. One of the results was the invitation (February 2008) for the SpanishSpain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
edition of the show, where interesting tries of breaking the Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
are shown. Aneta had to roll most pans in one minute. She established the record rolling 4 pans.
In November 2008 she has improved her Record – rolling 5 pans. This time it was a part of the Chinese show, shot in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
.
Another record has been established once again in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, but this time it was about lifting adult men overhead. Aneta's result was 12, while her Spanish rival – athlete Irene Gutierrez - lifted 10 persons.
Sources
- http://www.AnetaFlorczyk.com
- http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneta_Florczyk
- Guinness Book of Records 2009
- http://www.heavysports.com/emag/aneta.html