Iwona Marcinkiewicz (; born Iwona Dzięcioł, 23 May 1975 in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

) is an athlete from

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. She competes in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

. Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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and

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. For her sport achievements, she received:
Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.

1996 Summer Olympics

At 1996 Summer Olympics she placed 57th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 599. In the first round of elimination, she faced 8th-ranked Kim Kyung-Wook of

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and lost 157-164 in the 18-arrow match to the future Olympic gold medalist. Dzięcioł finished 33rd in women's individual archery. In team competition, together with

Joanna Nowicka Joanna Nowicka (née Kwaśna born 25 July 1966 in Kołobrzeg) is a Polish archer, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the Women's Team Competition (together wi ...

and

Katarzyna Klata Katarzyna Klata (née Kowalska, born 18 October 1972 in Sochaczew, Mazowieckie, Poland) is a Polish archery, archer who was a member of the Polish squad that won the team bronze medals at the Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summ ...

, she defeated

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233-229. Then in the quarterfinals, her team defeated

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242-235. In the semifinals, her Polish team lost to

237-245. In the third place match, Marcinkiewicz's team defeated

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244-139, winning a bronze medal.

2004 Summer Olympics

At 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 28th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 628. In the first round of elimination, she faced 37th-ranked Yukari Kawasaki of

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. Marcinkiewicz defeated Kawasaki, winning 119-106 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced

Zhang Juanjuan Zhang Juanjuan (; born January 2, 1981, in Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China) is an archery, archer from the People's Republic of China. Early and personal life Zhang was born on 2 January 1982 in the Chinese city of Qingdao in Shan ...

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, losing to the 5th-ranked archer 166-157 in the regulation 18 arrows. She finished 20th in women's individual archery. Marcinkiewicz was also a member of the 15th-place Polish women's archery team, together with

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and

Małgorzata Sobieraj Małgorzata Sobieraj, formerly Ćwienczek (2005–2011) (born 16 October 1982 in Strzelin) is a Polish archer. She represented Poland at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. 2004 Summer Olympics Sobieraj represented Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

2008 Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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Marcinkiewicz finished her ranking round with a total of 620 points. This gave her the 43rd seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Laishram Bombaya Devi in the first round, beating the 22nd seed archer from

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with 103-101. She came close to beat 11th seed Natalia Erdyniyeva in the second round, but 103 points was not enough against her 104 score.Athlete biography: Iwona Marcinkiewicz
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008 Together with Małgorzata Ćwienczek and

she also took part in the team event. With her 620 score from the ranking round combined with the 645 of Ćwienczek and the 643 of Marcinkiewicz the Polish team was in fourth position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter-final. There they were beaten by the French team with 218-211. The French eventually won the bronze medal.

References

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