Karolina Kucharczyk (born 24 April 1991 in

Rawicz Rawicz (; ) is a town in west-central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants as of 2004. It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Rawicz County. History The ...

) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who began in her sport at age twelve.

Career

She won a gold medal for

Poland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Poland competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. Medallists Archery Men , - , align=left, Marek Kantczak , align=left, Men's individual compound open , 653 , 10 , W 6-0 , L 0 ...

in the Long Jump class F20. She broke her own record in doing so with a jump of 6.00m.Inside World Parasport
/ref> She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She won a gold medal at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

, in Women's long jump T20. She competed at the 2011 World Championships, 2013 World Championships, 2015 World Championships, winning a gold medal, and 2019 World Championships.

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