| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Native name | Марыя Жодзік | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Belarus(until 2024) Poland(from 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Mariya Zhodzik (1997-01-19)19 January 1997 (age 29) Baranavichy, Belarus[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | High jump: 2.00 m (Tokyo, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maria Żodzik (Belarusian:Марыя Жодзік, born 19 January 1997) is ahigh jumper. She was the national champion of Belarus in 2020. Having Polish grandparents, she was granted Polish citizenship in 2024 and won the silver medal at the2025 World Athletics Championships, having previously also represented Poland at the2024 Summer Olympics.[2][1]
Źodzik grew up in the Belarusian town ofBaranowicze. Her mother had been a high jumper and her father a distance runner, but she initially started out as a swimmer before transitioning to athletics. In thehigh jump she had cleared a height of 1.77m by age of 16 years-old, before hamstring and sciatic injuries ruled her out of competing for almost three years.[3]
Źodzik won the high jump at theBelarusian national championships in 2020.[4] She was named to the Belarusian team for the delayed2020 Summer Games inTokyo.[5] However, she was not permitted to compete as she was ruled as not meeting the minimum testing requirements of the Anti-Doping Rules for her country by the Athletics Integrity Unit.[6]
She moved to Poland in 2022, and became based atBiałystok, training under coach Robert Nazarkiewicz at the Podlasie Białystok club.[7] She jumped a personal best 1.97 metres at the Polish Indoor Championships inToruń on 17 February 2024.[8]
In March 2024, she was granted Polish citizenship.[9] She competed for Poland in the high jump at the2024 Paris Olympics but had a best clearance of only 1.83 metres and did not proceed from the semi-final.[10]
She jumped 1.96 metres to finish third on countback atMutaz Barshim's What Gravity Challenge inDoha, Qatar on 10 May 2025, with the same height as Australia’sEleanor Patterson, who claimed second.[11] She placed third in Stockholm at the2025 BAUHAUS-galan event, part of the2025 Diamond League, in June 2025.[12] She was runner-up toYaroslava Mahuchikh whilst competing for Poland at the2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid, on 29 June 2025, after jumping 1.97 metres.[13] WithNicola Olyslagers andChristina Honsel, she shared the win with 1.91 metres at the2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne.[14]
She won the silver medal at the2025 World Athletics Championships inTokyo, Japan, in September 2025, clearing a personal best height of 2.00 metres.[15][16]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Belarus | ||||
| 2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 15th (q) | 1.77 m |
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 1.86 m |
| 2019 | European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 18th (q) | 1.73 m |
Representing Poland | ||||
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 28th (q) | 1.83 m |
| 2025 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | 2.00 m |
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