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| Full name | Edyta Witkowska-Popecka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1979 (age 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle Wrestling, Sumo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sporta klubs "Platan" (Borkovice) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edyta Witkowska-Popecka (born 24 July 1979 in Przysucha) is a retired Polish wrestler and sumo wrestler.
Witkowska won a bronze medal in the Sumo heavyweight event at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg and a silver medal in the Sumo-open weight event. [1] At the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung she won the bronze medal in the Sumo-open weight women's event. [2]
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