Marta Jeschke (born 2 June 1986 in

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) is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the

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. Her personal best time is 23.19 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in

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. She has best of 11.33 seconds in the

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, which she set in

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in 2011. Jeschke represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. In the 200 m she did not qualify from her heat. She competed in the

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together with

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and Ewelina Klocek. In their first round heat they placed fifth behind

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and

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. Their time of 43.47 seconds was the second best non-directly qualifying time and the seventh time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they replaced Jeschke with Joanna Henryka Kocielnik. In the final they were eventually disqualified. She won the bronze medal with the Polish 4 × 100 metres relay at the

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. She again represented Poland at the

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, this time in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 metres.

Competition record

References

* 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Wejherowo Polish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Pomeranian Voivodeship Recipients of the Bronze Cross of Merit (Poland) World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub