Monika Szymanek

PUSH-PULL

MONIKA SZYMANEK IS A YOUNG GIRL FROM BIAŁOGARD. SHE HAS BEEN TRAINING THE WEIGHTLIFTING FOR 10 YEARS, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.

MONIKA JOINED THE HMS TEAM DURING THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE AT THE TIME ALL CLUBS AND GYMS WERE CLOSED AND SHE HAD NO PLACE TO TRAIN. THE HMS BRAND PROVIDED HER WITH THE BAR, WEIGHTS, THE FLOORING AND OTHER ACCESSORIES TO SUPPORT HER AND TO HAVE A SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO HER CAREER.

SHE WON THE POLISH CHAMPIONSHIP 15 Y.O. AND 17 Y.O. FOUR TIMES, A BRONZE MEDAL AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 15 Y.O. IN THE 58 KG CATEGORY, 5TH PLACE AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 17 Y.O. IN THE 55 KG CATEGORY AND THE 2ND PLACE AT THE POLISH SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 55 KG CATEGORY.

IN JULY 2020, AT THE FIRST COMPETITION AFTER THE PANDEMIC, MONIKA AND THE DOBROSZYCE TEAM SHE REPRESENTS WON THE GOLD FOR THE BEST RECORD OF THE EVENT BEATING HER LIFE RECORD - 80 KG SNATCH AND 103 KG CLEAN & JERK.

IN AUGUST 2020 SIEDLCE HOSTED THE EUGENIUSZ BRYZEK INTERNATIONAL WEIGHT LIFTING TOURNAMENT, MONIKA WON AMONG WOMEN IN THE OPEN CATEGORY, SCORING 256.7 SINCLAIR POINTS - 178 KG IN COMBINED DISCIPLINES, 81 KG SNATCH AND 104 KG CLEAN & JERK.

ONCE AGAIN, MONIKA WON A GOLD MEDAL IN HER WEIGHT CATEGORY, NAMELY 59 KG, AT THE COMPETITION: THE FINALS OF THE XXII ALL-POLAND LZS GAMES OF THE NATIONAL LZS ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WEIGHTLIFTING. SHE ALSO BROKE TWO POLISH CLEAN & JERK RECORDS - 100 AND 102 KG.

SEPTEMBER 2020 IS ALSO A MONTH OF SUCCESS FOR OUR MONIKA SZYMANEK. AT THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC HOPE TOURNAMENT IN RASZYN, SHE TOOK THE FIRST PLACE SCORING 249.6 SINCLAIR POINTS AND BEATING TWO MORE POLISH RECORDS. IN THE 59 KG CATEGORY, 20 Y.O. AND 23 Y.O., 103 KG CLEAN & JERK AND 180 KG PUSH-PULL, 20 Y.O.

IN OCTOBER 2022, MONIKA PERFORMED AT THE EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ALBANIA, WHERE SHE WON THE BRONZE MEDAL IN THE WOMEN'S PUSH-PULL COMPETITION IN THE 20 Y.O. CAT., 59 KG U20. OUR MEDALIST SCORED THREE TIMES - 76 KG, 78 KG AND 80 KG.