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Irena Szewińska

Irena Szewińska, 2007
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 4 x 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montréal 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Long jump
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich 200 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Budapest 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1966 Budapest Long jump
Gold medal – first place 1966 Budapest 4 x 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1974 Rome 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1974 Rome 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1966 Budapest 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Helsinki 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Rome 4 x 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Prague 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Prague 4 x 400 m

Irena Szewińska (born Irena Kirszenstein on 24 May 1946 in Leningrad, USSR) is a retired Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Irena Szewińska with Konstanty Dombrowicz

Between 1964 and 1980 she participated in five Olympic Games, winning seven medals, three of them gold. She also broke six world records and is the only athlete (male or female) to have held a world record in the 100 m, 200 m and the 400 m events. She also won 13 medals in European Championships. Between 1965 and 1979 she gathered 26 titles of Champion of Poland in 100 m sprint, 200 m sprint, 400 m sprint, 4x400 m relay and long jump.

In the 1974 season, she became the first woman to break the 50.0 second barrier for 400 metres, and she set a new world record of 22.21 for 200 meters. She was ranked number 1 in the world in 100m, 200, 400m in 1974.

She would win her final Olympic medal in Montreal in 1976, by winning the Gold medal in the 400 metres in World Record time of 49.29. At the inaugural World Cup of Track and Field in 1977, she would win both 200 metres and 400 metres; beating both favoured East German runners Barbel Wockel and Marita Koch respectively. She would be ranked number 1 in the world for 200m and 400m in 1977.

She was ranked number 1 in the world 7 times in the 200 metres; 4 times in the 400 metres, and 2 times in the 100 metres; as well as 3 times in the long jump.

As of 2004, she is the head of the Polish Federation of Athletics and a member of the International Olympic Committee.

On 3 August 2005, she was elected as the third woman to the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Council during the first session of the 45th IAAF Congress in Helsinki.

She's a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[7][8]

Medals and championships timeline

Year Games Where Event Notes
1964 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo 4 x 100 m
200 m
long jump 		Gold, 43.6 - WR
Silver
1965 100 m sprint
200 m 		11.1 - WR
22.7 - WR
1966 European Championships Budapest 200 m sprint
long jump
4 x 100 m
100 m 		Gold
Gold
Gold
Silver
1968 1968 Summer Olympics Mexico City 200 m
100 m
Gold 22.5 WR
Bronze
1971 European Championships (outdoor) Helsinki 200 m Bronze
1971 European Championships (indoor) Helsinki Long jump Silver
1972 1972 Summer Olympics Munich 200 m Bronze
1974 European Championships (outdoor) Rome 100 m
200 m
4 x 100 m 		Gold
Gold
Bronze
1974 European Championships (indoor) Rome 60 m Bronze
1975 European Championships (indoor) 60 m Bronze
1976 1976 Summer Olympics Montreal 400 m Gold 49.29 - WR
1977 1977 World Cup of Athletics Dusseldorf 200 m
400m
4 x 400 m 		Gold
Gold
Silver
1978 European Championships Prague 400 m
4 x 400 m 		Bronze
Bronze
1979 1979 World Cup of Athletics Montreal 400m Bronze

See also

References

  1. ^ Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame. pg 176-177, 252-253: Brassey's. p. 278. ISBN 1-57488-284-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Robert Wechsler, Bob Wechsler (2007). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. pg 36, 40, 54, 70, 145, 157, 165, 21, 221, 246, 248, 288-289, 292-293, 295: KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 404. ISBN 0-88125-969-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Mordecai Schreiber, Alvin I. Schiff, Leon Klenicki (2003). The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia. pg 246, 300: Schreiber Pub. p. 301. ISBN 1-887563-77-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Peter S Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. pg 22: SP Books. p. 295. ISBN 1-56171-907-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics : with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. pg 138, 192, 243: Sussex Academic Press. p. 268. ISBN 1-903900-87-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ Mariah Burton Nelson, Lissa Smith (1998). Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports. pg 22: Atlantic Monthly Press. p. 352. ISBN 0-87113-761-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. ^ Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. pg 96, 170-171: SP Books. p. 220. ISBN 1-56171-028-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. ^ Carolyn Starman Hessel (1999). Blessed Is the Daughter. pg 123-124: Shengold Books. p. 150. ISBN 1-887563-44-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
Awards
Preceded by Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
1965 – 1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
 United Press International
Athlete of the Year
1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
 Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year
1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
1976 		Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's 200m Best Year Performance
1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Women's 200m Best Year Performance
1977 		Succeeded by

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