Elżbieta Glinka

Glinka was a recreational runner for some years prior to competing in professional races relatively late, having ran 1:33:51 at the Poznan half marathon.^[2] In 2024, she ran a time of 16:38 in the 5k run at the AR Mokotowska Piątka.^[3]

In February 2025, she ran 1:12:46 to finish runner-up at the Polish half marathon championships.^[4] She first represented Poland at the 2025 European Running Championships in Brussels-Leuven, where she placed 33rd overall in the 10k run.^[2] In November 2025, she set the Polish national record in the 10k run at the Warsaw Independence Run with 32:00,^[5] before also improving her personal best in the half marathon later that month as she won the Milano21 in a time of 1:10:49, to move into the top-five on the Polish all-time list.^[6][7]

In January 2026, she set a new Polish 10k run national record of 31:47 on the roads in Valencia, Spain. She then ran 32:18:90 in winning the Polish 10,000 metres championships in April 2026.^[2][8] The following month, she won the European 10,000m Cup in La Spezia, Italy, becoming the first Polish winner of the event, and winning in a lifetime best of 31:45.37.^[9] The following month, she also won the Polish 5km title in Warsaw.^[10] In August, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, placing twelfth in the 10,000 metres.^[11]

She holds a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Petrochemistry in Płock, a branch of the Warsaw University of Technology.^[12]