Urszula Włodarczyk (; born 22 December 1965 in
Wałbrzych
Wałbrzych (; german: Waldenburg; szl, Wałbrzich; sli, label= Lower Silesian, Walmbrig or ''Walmbrich''; cs, Valbřich or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. From 1975–1998 it was the capital of Wa ...
) is a retired
Polish heptathlete
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
. She also competed briefly in
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
in the fledgling years of the sport, and was a
Polish record holder with 13.98 metres from July 1993 to July 2001.
At the
1998 Hypo-Meeting she was runner-up with a score of 6423 points.
International competitions
References
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1965 births
Living people
People from Wałbrzych
Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Polish heptathletes
Polish female athletes
Olympic athletes of Poland
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland
European Athletics Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for Poland
Universiade silver medalists for Poland
Competitors at the 1989 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
20th-century Polish women
21st-century Polish women
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