Żaneta Glanc (born 11 March 1983 in

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

) is a female

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. She finished fourth at the 2009 World Championships and second at the 2009 World Athletics Final. She won the silver medal at the

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

. She also competed at the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fr ...

, but recorded no mark. At the 2012 Olympic Games, she threw 59.88 but did not reach the final. Her personal best is 65.34 metres, achieved in May 2012 in Halle.

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Żaneta Glanc
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1983 births Living people Polish female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Athletes from Poznań 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-discusthrow-athletics-bio-stub