About

Ewa Swoboda, also known as the Tattooed Polish Sprinter, is a Polish sprinter and runner who participated in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics representing Poland's women's track and field team. Swoboda notably has tattoos and brown hair that she typically sports in a ponytail. Swoboda largely garnered attention on Twitter / X for a viral video of her squatting before a race and correcting her salute for the camera. Some internet users thought that she looked like Abella Danger, the adult content star, and joked about Abella Danger being at the Olympics. After her virality, streamer IShowSpeed invited Swoboda to race him on stream and Swoboda reportedly accepted the invitation.

History

Ewa Swoboda was born on July 26th, 1997, in Żory, Poland, making her 27 years old at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.^[1] She began competing in international competitions when she was 17 years old.^[2] Swoboda competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 19.^[3]

Online Presence

Instagram

Ewa Swoboda started posting on her Instagram^[4] account @litttlerunner on August 7th, 2015. She often shared selfies and images from track and field competitions to her Instagram^[5][6] going into the late 2010s (examples shown below).

On TikTok

Videos of Swoboda went viral on TikTok^[10][11] as early as 2022, predominantly posted by the account @worldathletics. For instance, on March 2nd, 2024, the TikTok^[12] page @worldathletics posted an edit of Swoboda competing at the 2024 World Indoor Championships, gaining over 5.6 million plays and 581,500 likes in five months (shown below).

Viral Video

Swoboda largely went viral during the 2024 Summer Olympics when a video of her squatting before a race and correcting her salute went viral on X. The video was originally posted by the X^[5] user @Arkd0s on August 2nd, 2024, gaining over 112,000 likes in five days (shown below).

PTDRRR pic.twitter.com/Rvt4jEWESG

— Arkdos (@Arkd0s) August 2, 2024

As the clip spread, many internet users wondered why she corrected her salute. X^[6] user @bstrat515 offered an answer in a viral reply, shared on August 3rd, 2024, reading, "Saluting to the right is for military. She caught her mistake and then saluted from the left." The reply received over 49,000 likes in four days (shown below).

The video also went viral on TikTok^[9] in the following days.

Abella Danger Comparisons

On March 2nd, 2024, the TikTok^[12] page @worldathletics posted an edit of Swoboda competing at the 2024 World Indoor Championships, gaining over 5.6 million plays and 581,500 likes in five months. A top comment on the video read, "Why did she kinda look like abella danger at first," as in the adult content creator Abella Danger, receiving over 4,300 likes in five months.

On August 2nd, X^[7] user @EnzoOmOm quoted @Arkd0s's video, saying, "C’est Abella danger ?" (which translates to "that's Abella Danger?"), receiving over 15,000 likes in five days (shown below).

C’est Abella danger ? https://t.co/CKJuNKhdyg

— NZO7 🤍💙 (@EnzoOmOm) August 2, 2024

In the following days, more viral posts compared Swoboda to Abella Danger, like a tweet shared by X^[8] user @ayeejuju on August 4th, 2024, that said, "is that who I think it is??" receiving over 176,000 likes in three days (shown below).

is that who i think it is?? pic.twitter.com/glSTK3jI6R

— juju 💰 (@ayeejuju) August 4, 2024

IShowSpeed Race

On August 4th, 2024, a clip from an IShowSpeed stream started circulating in which the streamer watched an Ewa Swoboda TikTok^[12] and said that he could beat her in a sprinting race. The clip was shared by X^[13] user @Venek__ that same day, gaining over 3,500 likes in three days (shown below).

Ewa Swoboda x IShowSpeed jako kolejny stream z Polski? pic.twitter.com/hGsZYbMHIV

— Venek (@Venek__) August 4, 2024

On August 6th, 2024, TikToker^[14] @memorialkamili posted a video of Ewa Swoboda responding to Speed's challenge. She called Speed "some YouTuber" and accepted his challenge, saying they should meet on August 24th to race. The TikTok received over 68,200 likes in a day.

Also on August 6th, TikToker @memorialkamili shared the video with English subtitles to his X^[15] account @MemorialKamili, receiving over 3,000 likes in a day (shown below).

EWA SWOBODA ODPOWIADA SPEEDOWI! 🤩 Nie tylko on ma szanse na zmierzenie się z nią na bieżni! ZOBACZCIE!Hey @ishowspeedsui Ewa Swoboda has something to tell you😄Do you wanna race against her? Invitation is waiting for u😄Ewa can show u what speed and „mocny gaz” really means😄 pic.twitter.com/2dFSPMwQIC

— Silesia Memoriał Kamili Skolimowskiej (@MemorialKamili) August 6, 2024

Following

By August 7th, 2024, Ewa Swoboda had amassed over 737,000 followers on her Instagram^[16] account @litttlerunner.

Search Interest

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