Renata Pytelewska-Nielsen is a Polish-born former Danish long jumper. She was born on 18. May 1966 in

Otwock Otwock (Yiddish: אָטוואָצק) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in east-central Poland, some south-east of Warsaw, with 43,895 inhabitants (2024). Otwock is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area. It is situated on the right bank of the ...

, Mazowieckie, Poland. She participated in the 1992 and 1996

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. Her personal long jump record is 6.96 meter set in 1994. In Denmark Pytelewska Nielsen was associated with the club '' Århus 1900'' and she won most Danish golds in long jumps between 1990 and 2001. In Denmark she also participated in 60 metres,

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and

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. In 1983 as Renata Pytelewska she met Lars Nielsen, a Danish pole vaulter. She moved to Denmark and in 1988 she gave birth to their twins. She got Danish

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in 1992. Since retiring from athletics she has been physical coach for the Denmark women's national football team, Dansk Sejlunion and the football team of AGF.

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1966 births Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Danish female long jumpers Danish female triple jumpers Danish female sprinters Living people Naturalised citizens of Denmark Olympic athletes for Denmark Polish emigrants to Denmark Polish female long jumpers World Athletics Championships medalists People from Otwock Athletes from Masovian Voivodeship Polish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Polish sportswomen {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub