Bernadetta Blechacz (born 30 July 1955 in

Kcynia Kcynia () is a town in Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland, with 4,702 inhabitants (2010). It is located in the Pałuki ethnographic region in the northern part of historic Greater Poland. History Kcynia start ...

, Kuyavian-Pomeranian) is a former

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er from

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, who set her personal best in 1979, throwing 62.76 metres. She competed for her native country at the

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, finishing in ninth place (61.46 metres) in the overall-rankings.

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