Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
Tsimanouskaya in July 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Krystsina Siarheyeuna Tsimanouskaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1996 Klimavichy, Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61.5 kg (136 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BFST Dynamo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Krystsina Siarheyeuna Tsimanouskaya (born 19 November 1996) is a Belarusian-born Polish sprinter. She has won numerous medals at various events, including a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2017 European U23 Championships, a gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2019 Summer Universiade, and a silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games.
Tsimanouskaya qualified to represent Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, competing in the women's 100 m and 200 m events. On 30 July 2021, a scandal broke out during the Olympics when she accused officials from the Belarus Olympic Committee (BOC) of entering her into the 4 × 400 metres relay (a distance she had never contested) without her consent. BOC coaches withdrew her from the Olympics on 1 August and took her to Haneda Airport to return to Belarus, but she refused to board the plane and contacted Japanese authorities, who granted her police protection; she was given a humanitarian visa at the Polish embassy in Tokyo before flying to Poland, where she later gained Polish citizenship. In 2023, the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel waived the normal three-year waiting period for citizenship changes, allowing her to compete for Poland.