# Monika Pyrek
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{{short description|Polish pole vaulter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor =
| name = Monika Pyrek
| image = Pyrek Monika.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Monika Pyrek in 2007
| birth_name =
| fullname =
| nickname =
| nationality = {{POL}}
| residence =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|8|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Gdynia](/source/Gdynia), Poland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (2012)
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))
| event = [Pole vault](/source/Pole_vault)
| collegeteam =
| club = MKL Szczecin
| coach =
| retired =
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry|{{POL}}}}
{{MedalCount
|[Olympic Games](/source/Summer_Olympics)|0|0|0
|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|0|2|1
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)|0|1|1
|[European Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships)|0|1|0
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)|0|0|2
|[European U23 Championships](/source/European_Athletics_U23_Championships)|1|0|0
|[World Athletics Final](/source/World_Athletics_Final)|0|3|0
|'''Total'''|'''1'''|'''7'''|'''4'''
}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics) }}
{{MedalSilver|[2005 Helsinki](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics) | [Pole vault](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault) }}
{{MedalSilver | [2009 Berlin](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics) | [Pole vault](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault) }}
{{MedalBronze|[2001 Edmonton](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics) | [Pole vault](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Indoor Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics) }}
{{MedalBronze | [2003 Birmingham](/source/2003_World_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)|[Pole vault](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2008 Valencia](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships) }}
{{MedalSilver|[2006 Gothenburg](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships) | [Pole vault](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Indoor Championships](/source/European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics) }}
{{MedalBronze | [2002 Vienna](/source/2002_European_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2005 Madrid](/source/2005_European_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2005_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[European Team Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Team_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2009 Leiria](/source/2009_European_Team_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/Pole_vault)}}
}}
[[Image:POL Szczecin-MSLWM(MP).jpg|thumb|220px|right|Monika Pyrek training at [Miejski Stadion Lekkoatletyczny w Szczecinie](/source/Miejski_Stadion_Lekkoatletyczny_w_Szczecinie), her club's stadium in [Szczecin](/source/Szczecin)]]
'''Monika Zofia Pyrek-Rokita''', née '''Pyrek''', (11 August 1980) is a retired Polish [pole vault](/source/pole_vault)er.
Born in [Gdynia](/source/Gdynia), competing at the [2004 Olympics](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault), she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, [Anna Rogowska](/source/Anna_Rogowska). Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the [2005 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics) with the result 4.60 m. She also won the silver medal at the [2006 European Athletics Championships](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships).
Monika Pyrek's personal best is 4.82 metres.
She won the Polish Championship several times, the last in 2007 in [Poznań](/source/Pozna%C5%84).
==Medical Condition==
In the interview with Sportowe Fakty, Pyrek revealed that in 2003, she was diagnosed with [Hashimoto's thyroiditis](/source/Hashimoto's_thyroiditis). She wondered if she was diagnosed sooner, she might have won more medals.[{{Cite web|url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/la/713461/monika-pyrek-lekarz-powiedzial-hashimoto-czekalam-na-wyrok|title=Monika Pyrek: Lekarz powiedział: "Hashimoto". Czekałam na wyrok - WP SportoweFakty|date=13 October 2017}}]
For her sport achievements, she received:
65px|Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the [Order of Polonia Restituta](/source/Polonia_Restituta) (5th Class) in 2009.
She officially retired on 11 January 2013. A day later she married Norbert Rokita, her longtime agent and life partner.[{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/pole-vaulter-monika-pyrek-announces-her-retir |title=Pole vaulter Monika Pyrek announces her retirement|publisher=IAAF|date=2013-01-13|access-date=2013-01-13}}]
==Major competitions record==
thumb|Monika Pyrek (left) after winning the silver at the 2009 World Championships.
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{POL}}
|-
|1997
|[European Junior Championships](/source/1997_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships)
|[Ljubljana, Slovenia](/source/Ljubljana%2C_Slovenia)
|10th
|3.80 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[World Junior Championships](/source/1998_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Annecy, France](/source/Annecy%2C_France)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[4.10 m](/source/1998_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[European Championships](/source/1998_European_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Women's_Pole_Vault)
|[Budapest](/source/Budapest), [Hungary](/source/Hungary)
|7th
|[4.15 m](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/1999_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Maebashi](/source/Maebashi), [Japan](/source/Japan)
|11th
|[4.20 m](/source/1999_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[European Junior Championships](/source/1999_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships)
|[Riga, Latvia](/source/Riga%2C_Latvia)
|4th
|4.10 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/2000_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Ghent, Belgium](/source/Ghent%2C_Belgium)
|9th (q)
|[4.20 m](/source/2000_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics)
|[Sydney, Australia](/source/Sydney%2C_Australia)
|7th
|[4.40 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|[European U23 Championships](/source/2001_European_Athletics_U23_Championships)
|[Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[4.40 m](/source/2001_European_Athletics_U23_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Edmonton, Canada](/source/Edmonton%2C_Canada)
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|[4.55 m](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[Goodwill Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2001_Goodwill_Games)
|[Brisbane, Australia](/source/Brisbane%2C_Australia)
|4th
|[4.35 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2001_Goodwill_Games_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/2002_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Vienna](/source/Vienna), [Austria](/source/Austria)
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|[4.60 m](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[European Championships](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Munich, Germany](/source/Munich%2C_Germany)
|13th (q)
|[4.30 m](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2003_World_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Birmingham, United Kingdom](/source/Birmingham%2C_United_Kingdom)
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|[4.45 m](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Paris, France](/source/Paris%2C_France)
|4th
|[4.55 m](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[World Athletics Final](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final)
|[Monte Carlo](/source/Monte_Carlo), [Monaco](/source/Monaco)
|4th
|4.50 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2004_World_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Budapest](/source/Budapest), [Hungary](/source/Hungary)
|5th
|[4.50 m](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)
|[Athens](/source/Athens), [Greece](/source/Greece)
|4th
|[4.55 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|[European Indoor Championships](/source/2005_European_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)
|[Madrid](/source/Madrid), [Spain](/source/Spain)
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|[4.70 m](/source/2005_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), [Finland](/source/Finland)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[4.60 m](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[World Athletics Final](/source/2005_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final)
|[Monte Carlo](/source/Monte_Carlo), [Monaco](/source/Monaco)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4.62 m
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russia](/source/Russia)
|4th
|[4.65 m](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[European Championships](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg), [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[4.65 m](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[World Athletics Final](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final)
|[Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), [Germany](/source/Germany)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4.65 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[World Championships](/source/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Osaka](/source/Osaka), [Japan](/source/Japan)
|4th
|[4.75 m](/source/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[World Athletics Final](/source/2007_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final)
|[Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), [Germany](/source/Germany)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4.82 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Valencia, Spain](/source/Valencia%2C_Spain)
|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
|[4.70 m](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics)
|[Beijing, China](/source/Beijing%2C_China)
|5th
|[4.70 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|2009
|[World Championships](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Berlin, Germany](/source/Berlin%2C_Germany)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[4.65 m](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|2011
|[World Championships](/source/2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Daegu, South Korea](/source/Daegu%2C_South_Korea)
|10th
|[4.50 m](/source/2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|rowspan=2|2012
|[European Championships](/source/2012_European_Athletics_Championships)
|[Helsinki, Finland](/source/Helsinki%2C_Finland)
|13th (q)
|[4.35 m](/source/2012_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics)
|[London, United Kingdom](/source/London%2C_United_Kingdom)
|15th (q)
|[4.40 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_pole_vault)
|}
==Taniec z Gwiazdami==
Monika Pyrek won the 12th season of Polish [Dancing with the Stars](/source/Dancing_with_the_Stars) - [Taniec z Gwiazdami](/source/Taniec_z_Gwiazdami_(season_12)).
{|class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"
| rowspan="2"|'''Week #'''
| rowspan="2"|'''Dance/Song'''
| colspan="4"|'''Judges' score'''
| rowspan="2"|'''Result'''
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"
| style="width:10%; "|Pavlović
| style="width:10%; "|Wodecki
| style="width:10%; "|Tyszkiewicz
| style="width:10%; "|Galiński
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|Group [Salsa](/source/Salsa_(dance))/ "Honeymoon Song"
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|[Quickstep](/source/Quickstep)/ "[Lemon Tree](/source/Lemon_Tree_(Fool's_Garden_song))"
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|[Jive](/source/Jive_(dance))/ "[Maneater](/source/Maneater_(Hall_%26_Oates_song))"
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|[Foxtrot](/source/Foxtrot)/ "[Blue Velvet](/source/Blue_Velvet_(song))"
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|[Samba](/source/Samba_(ballroom_dance))/ "[Bailamos](/source/Bailamos)"
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|[Waltz](/source/Waltz_(International_Standard)) in [American Smooth](/source/American_Smooth)/ "[Just the Way You Are](/source/Just_the_Way_You_Are_(Billy_Joel_song))"
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|[Cha-cha-cha](/source/Cha-cha-cha_(dance))/ "Baw mnie"
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| style="text-align:center;"|[Rumba](/source/Rhumba)/ "[(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story](/source/(Where_Do_I_Begin%3F)_Love_Story)"
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|[Tango](/source/Tango_(ballroom))/ "Nie wierz, nie ufaj mi"
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|[Salsa](/source/Salsa_(dance))/ "Demasiado Corazon"
[Quickstep](/source/Quickstep)/ "[We No Speak Americano](/source/We_No_Speak_Americano)"
| style="text-align:center;"|9
8
| style="text-align:center;"|9
10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
10
| style="text-align:center;"|9
8
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|[Jive](/source/Jive_(dance))/ "[Hey Boy (Get Your Ass Up)](/source/Hey_Boy_(Get_Your_Ass_Up))"
[Viennese Waltz](/source/Viennese_Waltz)/ "[Where the Wild Roses Grow](/source/Where_the_Wild_Roses_Grow)"
| style="text-align:center;"|6
10
| style="text-align:center;"|9
10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
10
| style="text-align:center;"|7
10
| style="text-align:center;"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12 Semi-finals
| style="text-align:center;"|[Paso Doble](/source/Paso_Doble)/ "[Bad Romance](/source/Bad_Romance)"
[Argentine Tango](/source/Argentine_Tango)/ "Sensuel"
| style="text-align:center;"|8
10
| style="text-align:center;"|9
10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
10
| style="text-align:center;"|9
10
| style="text-align:center;"|Bottom Two
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|13 Finals
| style="text-align:center;"|[Cha-cha-cha](/source/Cha-cha-cha_(dance))/ "Baw mnie"
[Tango](/source/Tango_(ballroom))/ "Nie wierz, nie ufaj mi"
Freestyle/"[Nothing Compares 2 U](/source/Nothing_Compares_2_U)"
| style="text-align:center;"|10
10
10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
10
10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
10
10
| style="text-align:center;"|10
10
10
| style="text-align:center;"|Won
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
* {{PZLA}}
* {{Olympics.com|monika-pyrek}}
* {{PKOl profile|pyrek-monika-zofia|Monika Zofia Pyrek|old_id=1844,pyrek-monika-zofia}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{InterSportStats|3000005897}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329110450/http://monikapyrek.com/ |title=Official website |date=dmy}} {{in lang|en|pl}} (requires [Adobe Flash](/source/Adobe_Flash) for navigation)
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Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Monika Pyrek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Pyrek) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Pyrek?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.