Monika Bronicka (born 4 May 1977) is a Polish former sailor, who specialized in the
Europe
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class. She was selected to compete for
Poland
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in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and also scored top fifteen placements in a major international regatta, spanning the World and European Championships. Bronicka is a member of the sailing squad for
AZS UWM Olsztyn, under the tutelage of her personal coach and eventual spouse Mariusz Delgas.
Bronicka made her Olympic debut in
Sydney 2000, finishing a credible fourteenth in the
Europe
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class with a satisfying net grade of 95, but narrowly falling short from the top ten spot by a distant twelve-point deficit.
At the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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, Bronicka qualified for her second Polish team in the
Europe
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class by placing fourteenth and receiving a berth from the
2003 ISAF World Championships in
Cadiz. Unlike her previous Games, Bronicka could not be able to improve her Olympic feat with mediocre marks recorded throughout the eleven-race series, sitting her in twenty-first position with 162 net points.
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1977 births
Living people
Polish female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Poland
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Europe
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe
People from Olsztyn
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