Krystyna Krupa (née ''Malinowska''; born 15 January 1939) is a former
Polish volleyball player, a member of
Poland women's national volleyball team in 1962–1968, a bronze medalist of the
Olympic Games
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(
Tokyo 1964,
Mexico 1968),
a bronze medalist of the
World Championship
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1962
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and silver medalist of the
European Championship (
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
,
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
).
References
1939 births
Living people
Olympic volleyball players for Poland
Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Polish women's volleyball players
Olympic medalists in volleyball
People from Bielsk County
Sportspeople from Podlaskie Voivodeship
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
20th-century Polish sportswomen
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