Maria Okrucińska (born 5 March 2008) is a Polish road cyclist who rides for Grouwels-Watersley R&D Road Team. She won the Junior World Championships time trial in 2026.
Career She is a Toruń-based graduate of Michał Kwiatkowski's cycling academy. Her father, Daniel, is a former cyclist who founded the UKS Copernicus Toruń CCC club. As a 16 year-old in 2024, she won nine Polish Championship age-group titles across cycling disciplines. Following that season she started to ride abroad, choosing to represent the Dutch Grouwels-Watersley R&D Road Team. In 2025, she placed fourth in the road race at the European Junior Championships, and finished seventh in the individual time trial.
In September 2026, while competing at the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, Canada, she won the Junior World Championships time trial and placed fourth in the Junior World Championships road race, having been part of a 5-woman breakaway. She won the time trial by twelve seconds ahead of the second place rider, Yana Decruyenaere of Belgium, and 24 seconds ahead of the third place rider, Aalia Clay of Great Britain, having completed the 10.7km course with an average speed of 42 km/h.
Major results
2025 National Junior Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 2nd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 2 2nd Grand Prix Valromey Tour Féminin II European Junior Road Championships 4th Road race 7th Time trial 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors 5th Druivenkoers Overijse Juniors 7th Grand Prix Valromey Tour Féminin 8th Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda UCI Road World Junior Championships 7th Time trial 9th Road race 2026 UCI Road World Junior Championships 1st Time trial 4th Road race National Junior Road Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race 1st Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Omloop van Borsele Juniors 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 (ITT) 3rd Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda 4th Clásica de Jaén Nation's Cup Women
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