Karolina Kucharczyk (born 24 April 1991 in Rawicz) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who began in her sport at age twelve.
 Kucharczyk competing in 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | 24 April 1991 Rawicz, Poland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | track and field |
| Disability class | T20 |
| Event | long jump |
| Club | UKS Achilles Leszno |
| Coached by | Zbigniew Lewkowicz (national) Dariusz Gorski (club) |
Medal record | |
Career
editShe 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
edit- ^ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Inside World Parasport
- ^ a b "Karolina Kucharczyk - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Karolina Kucharczyk at the International Paralympic Committee
- Karolina Kucharczyk at the Polski Komitet Paralimpijski (in Polish)
  | This biographical article relating to Polish athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a Paralympic medalist of Poland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |