Irena Szewińska

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Women's athletics
Olympic medal record
Gold	1964 Tokyo	4x100 m Relay
Gold	1968 Mexico City	200 m
Gold	1976 Montréal	400 m
Silver	1964 Tokyo	200 m
Silver	1964 Tokyo	Long Jump
Bronze	1968 Mexico City	100 m
Bronze	1972 Munich	200 m

Irena Szewińska (born Irena Kirszenstein on May 24, 1946 in Leningrad, Russia, USSR) is a retired Polish sprinter who dominated women's athletics for nearly two decades.

Between 1964 and 1980 she participated in five Olympic Games, winning seven medals, three of them gold. She also broke six world records and was the first woman to hold world records at 100 m, 200 m and 400 m at the same time. She also won 13 medals in European Championships. Between 1965 and 1979 she gathered 26 titles of Champion of Poland in 100 m sprint, 200 m sprint, 400 m sprint, 4x400 m relay and long jump.

As of 2004, she is the head of the Polish Federation of Athletics and a member of the International Olympic Committee.

On 3 August 2005, she was elected as the third woman to the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Council during the first session of the 45th IAAF Congress in Helsinki.

[edit] Medals and championships timeline

Year	Games	Where	Event	Notes
1964	1964 Summer Olympics	Tokyo	4 x 100 m 200 m long jump	gold , 43.6 s - WR silver silver
1965			100 m sprint 200 m	11.1 s - WR 22.7 s - WR
1966	European Championships	Budapest	200 m sprint long jump 4 x 100 m 100 m	gold gold gold silver
1968	1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico City	200 m 100 m	gold bronze
1971	European Championships (outdoor)	Helsinki	200 m	bronze
1971	European Championships (indoor)	Helsinki	long jump	silver
1972	1972 Summer Olympics	Munich	200 m	bronze
1974	European Championships (outdoor)	Rome	100 m 200 m 4 x 100 m	gold gold - 22.21 s, WR bronze
1974	European Championships (indoor)	Rome	60 m	bronze
1975	European Championships (indoor)		60 m	bronze
1976	1976 Summer Olympics	Montréal	400 m	gold , 49.29 s - WR
1978	European Championships	Prague	400 m 4 x 400 m	bronze bronze

[edit] References

KIRSZENSTEIN-SZEWIŃSKA, Irena International Who's Who. accessed September 4, 2006.
Jews in Sports

Preceded by none	United Press International Athlete of the Year 1974	Succeeded by Nadia Comaneci

Olympic champions in women's 200 m
1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen \| 1952: Marjorie Jackson \| 1956: Betty Cuthbert \| 1960: Wilma Rudolph \| 1964: Edith McGuire \| 1968: Irena Szewińska \| 1972: Renate Stecher \| 1976: Bärbel Eckert \| 1980: Bärbel Eckert \| 1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks \| 1988: Florence Griffith-Joyner \| 1992 Gwen Torrence \| 1996: Marie-José Pérec \| 2000: Marion Jones \| 2004: Veronica Campbell

Olympic champions in women's 400 m
1964: Betty Cuthbert \| 1968: Colette Besson \| 1972: Monika Zehrt \| 1976: Irena Szewińska \| 1980: Marita Koch \| 1984: Valerie Brisco-Hooks \| 1988: Olga Bryzgina \| 1992 Marie-José Perec \| 1996: Marie-José Perec \| 2000: Cathy Freeman \| 2004: Tonique Williams-Darling