Maria Piątkowska, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maria Piątkowska

Polish hurdler, long jumper, pentathlete and sprinter

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Goleni, Edineț District, Moldova

Profession: sprinter, long jumper, hurdler, pentathlete

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Maria Piątkowska

  • Maria Piatkowska (née Ilwicka, later Chojnacka; born 24 February 1931) is a former Polish sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper. She was a three-time olympian (Helsinki 1952, Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964) and participated in three different European Championships (1954 Bern, 1958 Stockholm and 1962 Belgrade). She was a member of a world record-setting 4x100 metre relay team on 13 September 1964 in Lódz, Poland, with the time of 44.2 s. She won three medals at two different European championships: bronze in 4 × 100 m relay in 1958 in Stockholm and gold in 4 × 100 m relay and bronze in 80 metre hurdles in 1962 in Belgrade. She is the wife of a fellow Polish Olympian, discus thrower Edmund Piatkowski. She was born in Goleni, Romania, now in Moldova.

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