Karolina Kucharczyk (born 24 April 1991 in Rawicz) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who began in her sport at age twelve.

Karolina Kucharczyk
Kucharczyk competing in 2013
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)
Rawicz, Poland
Sport
Sporttrack and field
Disability classT20
Eventlong jump
ClubUKS Achilles Leszno
Coached byZbigniew Lewkowicz (national)
Dariusz Gorski (club)

Career

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She won a gold medal for Poland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the Long Jump class F20.[1] She broke her own record in doing so with a jump of 6.00m.[2] She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] She won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's long jump T20. [4]

She competed at the 2011 World Championships, 2013 World Championships, 2015 World Championships, winning a gold medal,[3] and 2019 World Championships.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ Inside World Parasport
  3. ^ a b "Karolina Kucharczyk - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Athletics: KUCHARCZYK, Karolina". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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