Paula Gorycka (born 5 November 1990 in Kraków) is a Polish cross-country mountain bike, road and cyclo-cross cyclist with two medals from the MTB World Championships and one medal from the MTB European Championships.
Olympic Games
In 2012, she finished 22nd in the Olympic Games in London.
Paula Gorycka described her participation in the Olympic Games as follows:"Participating in the Olympic Games was a fulfillment of my childhood dreams. Of course, I wanted to achieve a better result while being there. I was not satisfied with my 22nd place, but at the same time, I performed similarly to other young athletes who also competed in London. I will continue to work hard to earn another trip to the Olympics, where I hope to compete for a much better result."Zitiert nach: Paula Gorycka
World Championships
Cross Country (XCO) She won two bronze medals at the U23 World Championships in cross-country. In 2010 in Monte Sainte Anne, Canada, and in 2012 in Saalfelden, Austria. +PlaceDateLocationCategory518 June 2008Val di Sole (ITA)Juniors72 September 2009Canberra (AUS)U2333 September 2010Mont Sainte Anne (CAN)U23271 September 2011Champery (SUI)U2337 September 2012Saalfelden (AUT)U23507 September 2014Hafjell (NOR)Elite4931 August 2015Vallnord (AND)EliteDNS5 September 2018Lenzerheide (SUI)Elite4725 August 2021Val di Sole (ITA)Elite3328 August 2022Les Gets (FRA)Elite
Short track (XCC)
13th place in Les Gets (FRA) category Elite on 26 August 2022
Team relay (XCR)
15th place in Les Gets (FRA) category Mixed Elite on 24 August 2022
Cyclocross (CX)
37th place in Tabor (CZE) category Elite on 31 January 2015
European Championships In 2012, she won a silver medal at the European Championships in the U23 category in Moscow. She finished eight seconds behind the winner, Jolanda Neff.
Cross-country (XCO) PlaceDateLocationCategory911 July 2009Zoetermeer (NED)U2368 July 2010Haifa (ISR)U2386 August 2011Dohnany (SVK)U2329 June 2012Moscow (RUS)U23248 June 2014Sankt Wendel (GER)Elite217 August 2018Glasgow (SCO)Elite2128 July 2019Brno (CZE)Elite2717 October 2020Rivera (SUI)Elite2315 August 2021Novi Sad (SRB)Elite2320 August 2022Munich (GER)Elite
Marathon (XCM)
12th place in Singen (GER) category Elite on 10 May 2015
Cyclo-cross (CX)
22nd place in Huijbergen (NED) category Elite on 7 November 2015
Road Race (RR)
15th place in Offida (ITA) category U23 on 16 July 2011
Individual Time Trial (ITT)
21st place in Hooglede Gits (BEL) category U23 on 1 July 2009 6th place in Offida (ITA) category U23 on 14 July 2011
World Cup
In the U23 category, Paula Gorycka has four podium finishes in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. She first reached the podium in her second World Cup race in September 2009 in Schladming, finishing in third place. In April 2011, she took second place in Pietermaritzburg. She was leading the race and had a good chance of winning, but a crash – in which she later found out she had broken her tibia – prevented her from doing so. With a broken leg, she still managed to complete the remaining six kilometers to the finish line. In August 2011, she finished third in the World Cup in Val di Sole. In May 2012, she once again finished in third place, this time at the World Cup in Nove Mesto na Morave.
Cross-country (XCO) +Results since 2009PlaceDateLocationCategory41 (12 in U23)13 September 2009 Champery (SUI)Elite21 (3 in U23)19 September 2009Schladming (AUT)Elite50 (10 in U23)25 April 2010Dalby Forest (GBR)Elite42 (6 in U23)2 May 2010Houffalize (BEL)Elite43 (5 in U23)23 May 2010Offenburg (GER)Elite51 (12 in U23)25 July 2010Champery (SUI)Elite35 (6 in U23)31 July 2010Val di Sole (ITA)Elite223 April 2011Pietermaritzburg (RSA)U231622 May 2011Dalby Forest (GBR)U232129 May 2011Offenburg (GER)U23320 August 2011Val di Sole (ITA)U23DNF17 March 2012Pietermaritzburg (RSA)U23514 April 2012Houffalize (BEL)U23312 May 2012Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)U23519 May 2012La Bresse (FRA)U233019 May 2013Albstadt (GER)Elite3926 May 2013Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)EliteDNF15 June 2013Val di Sole (ITA)Elite3214 September 2013Hajfell (NOR)Elite2213 April 2014Pietermaritzburg (RSA)Elite2727 April 2014Cairns (AUS)Elite5725 May 2014Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite451 June 2014Albstadt (GER)EliteDNF24 August 2014Meribel (FRA)Elite4224 May 2015Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite4023 August 2015Val di Sole (ITA)Elite6522 May 2016Albstadt (GER)Elite6329 May 2016La Bresse (FRA)Elite424 September 2016Vallnord (AND)Elite5720 May 2017Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite4228 May 2017Albstadt (GER)Elite552 July 2017Vallnord (AND)EliteDNF9 July 2017Lenzerheide (SUI)Elite3327 August 2017Val di Sole (ITA)Elite3710 March 2018Stellenbosch (RSA)Elite5220 May 2018Albstadt (GER)Elite4627 May 2018Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite408 July 2018Val di Sole (ITA)Elite4815 July 2018Vallnord (AND)Elite3826 August 2018La Bresse (FRA)Elite5019 May 2019Albstadt (GER)Elite3626 May 2019Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite427 July 2019Vallnord (AND)Elite4814 July 2019Les Gets (FRA)Elite444 August 2019Val di Sole (ITA)Elite3211 August 2019Lenzerheide (SUI)Elite3411 September 2019Snowshoe (USA)Elite501 October 2020Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite514 October 2020Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite779 May 2021Albstadt (GER)Elite7716 May 2021Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite4713 June 2021Leogang (AUT)Elite364 July 2021Les Gets (FRA)Elite465 September 2021Lenzerheide (SUI)Elite408 May 2022Albstadt (GER)Elite5115 May 2022Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite4012 June 2022Leogang (AUT)Elite3710 July 2022Lenzerheide (SUI)Elite3917 July 2022Vallnord (AND)Elite414 September 2022Val di Sole (ITA)Elite
Eliminator (XCE) +Results since 2012PlaceDateLocationCategory2213 April 2012Houffalize (BEL)Elite1911 May 2012Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite1225 April 2014Cairns (AUS)Elite2423 May 2014Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite1028 July 2018Graz (AUT)Elite
Short track (XCC) +Results since 2018PlaceDateLocationCategory2824 August 2018La Bresse (FRA)Elite315 July 2019Vallnord (AND)Elite2912 July 2019Les Gets (FRA)Elite272 August 2019Val di Sole (ITA)Elite269 August 2019Lenzerheide (SUI)Elite249 September 2019Snowshoe (USA)Elite3529 September 2020Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)Elite352 October 2020Nove Mesto na Morave (CZE)EliteDNF11 June 2021Leogang (AUT)EliteDNF2 July 2021Les Gets (FRA)EliteDNF3 September 2021Lenzerheide (SUI)Elite2815 July 2022Vallnord (AND)Elite
European Games In 2015, she placed 15th in the European Games in Baku.
Polish Championships In the elite category, she has won the Polish National Championships in cross-country twice, in 2012 and 2022, and in 2013 she became the Polish National Champion in cyclo-cross. She has also won national titles as a junior (in 2008 in cross-country and mountainous road race) and as an under-23 rider (in 2010 in road race and mountainous road race, in 2011 in cross-country, and in 2012 in cross-country and individual time trial). In total, she has won 26 medals in the Polish National Championships – 10 gold, 10 silver, and 6 bronze – which she earned in mountain biking in cross-country, marathon, short track, and MTB relay, in cyclo-cross, and in road cycling in road race, individual time trial, mountainous road race, and tandem time trial.
Cross-country (XCO) PlaceDateLocationCategory426 August 2007Szczawno Zdrój (POL)Junior127 July 2008Kielce (POL)Junior7 (4 in U23)19 July 2009Kielce (POL)Elite5 (2 in U23)18 July 2010Wałbrzych (POL)Elite6 (1 in U23)19 June 2011Kielce (POL)Elite1 (1 in U23)8 July 2012Kielce (POL)Elite57 July 2013Żerków (POL)Elite320 July 2014Żerków (POL)Elite519 July 2015Sławno (POL)Elite816 July 2016Gielniów (POL)Elite616 July 2017Warsaw (POL)Elite522 July 2018Mrągowo (POL)Elite321 July 2019 Mrągowo (POL)Elite516 August 2020Mrągowo (POL)Elite38 August 2021Boguszów Gorce (POL)Elite124 July 2022Boguszów Gorce (POL)Elite
Short track (XCC)
3rd place in Jelenia Góra (POL) category Elite on 24 September 2021 2nd place in Boguszów Gorce (POL) category Elite on 22 July 2022
Marathon (XCM)
2nd place in Wałbrzych (POL) category Elite on 27 September 2009
Team relay (XCR)
2nd place in Kielce (POL) category Mixed Elite on 17 July 2009 2nd place in Żerków (POL) category Mixed Elite on 6 July 2013 7th place in Sławno (POL) category Mixed Elite on 13 August 2016
Cyclo-cross (CX)
2nd place in Koziegłowy (POL) category Elite on 13 January 2013 1st place in Bieganów (POL) category Elite on 12 January 2014 2nd place in Bytów (POL) category Elite on 11 January 2015 8th place in Sławno (POL) category Elite on 8 January 2017
Road cycling – road race (RR)
6th place (1st in U23) in Kielce (POL) category Elite on 26 June 2010 27th place (13th in U23) in Złotoryja (POL) category Elite on 25 June 2011 24th place (14th in U23) in Sędziszów (POL) category Elite on 23 June 2012 13th place in Świdnica (POL) category Elite on 25 June 2016
Road cycling – individual time trial (ITT)
8th place (4th in U23) in Kielce (POL) category Elite on 24 June 2010 7th place (3rd in U23) in Złotoryja (POL) category Elite on 23 June 2011 2nd place (1st in U23) in Jędrzejów (POL) category Elite on 21 June 2012 16th place in Świdnica (POL) category Elite on 22 June 2016
Road cycling – mountain race
1st place in Podgórzyn (POL) category Junior on 2 August 2008 2nd place (1st in U23) in Podgórzyn (POL) category Elite on 11 July 2010 3rd place in Jelenia Góra (POL) category Elite on 24 August 2013 4th place in Jelenia Góra (POL) category Elite on 30 August 2014 Did not finish (DNF) in Jelenia Góra (POL) category Elite on 12 September 2015
Road cycling – team time trial
2nd place in Grudziądz (POL) category Elite on 28 September 2012 Did not finish (DNF) in Opatówek (POL) category Elite on 3 October 2015
Swiss Bike Cup
Since 2017, when she joined the Swiss team Strüby Sting, Paula has regularly competed in the Swiss Bike Cup series. In earlier seasons, she only sporadically participated in the series. In 2019, she achieved second place in the overall classification of the series, and in the 2022 season, she finished on the third step of the podium in the general classification. +Results since 2012PlaceDateLocationCategoryRace Class1326 August 2012SUI, BaselEliteC1119 June 2013SUI, GränichenEliteHC1516 August 2015SUI, BaselEliteC12328 August 2016SUI, BaselEliteHC99 April 2017SUI, RiveraEliteHC116 May 2017SUI, SolothurnEliteC11910 June 2017SUI, GränichenEliteHC1225 June 2017SUI, AndermattEliteC12020 August 2017SUI, BaselEliteHC178 April 2018SUI, RiveraEliteC1722 April 2018LIE, SchaanEliteC1155 May 2018SUI, SolothurnEliteC1DNF3 June 2018SUI, GränichenEliteHC232 September 2018SUI, BaselEliteHC57 April 2019SUI, RiveraEliteC1914 April 2019SUI, BuchsEliteC1811 May 2019SUI, SolothurnEliteC1516 June 2019SUI, LeukerbadEliteC1930 June 2019SUI, AndermattEliteC1918 August 2019SUI, BaselEliteHC222 September 2019SUI, LuganoEliteC3DNF21 August 2020SUI, GstaadEliteC1724 October 2020SUI, HochdorfEliteC3DNF1 May 2021SUI, LeukerbadEliteC11519 June 2021SUI, GränichenEliteHC926 June 2021SUI, SavogninEliteC11321 August 2021SUI, BaselEliteHC82 October 2021LIE, SchaanEliteC1312 March 2022SUI, RickenbachEliteC2630 April 2022SUI, SavogninEliteC1818 June 2022SUI, GränichenEliteHC41 October 2022SUI, GstaadEliteC1919 March 2023SUI, GränichenEliteC11015 April 2023LIE, SchaanEliteHC
ÖKK Bike Revolution Since 2022, a new series of races has appeared in Switzerland – ÖKK Bike Revolution. Paula has been participating in it from the beginning. +Results since 2022PlaceDateLocationCategoryRace classDNF27 March 2022SUI, RiveraEliteHC1224 April 2022SUI, ChurEliteC1925 September 2022SUI, HuttwilEliteC11026 March 2022SUI, RiveraEliteC1
Road Races From 2008 to 2016, Paula Gorycka took part in road stage races.