Karolina Kucharczyk

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Karolina Kucharczyk
Karolina Kucharczyk - Memorial Kamili Skolimowskiej 2013.jpg
Kucharczyk competing in 2013
Personal information
Nationality Polish
Born (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)
Rawicz, Poland
Sport
Sport track and field
Disability class T20
Event long jump
ClubUKS Achilles Leszno
Coached byZbigniew Lewkowicz (national)
Dariusz Gorski (club)

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

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Career

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]

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References

  1. "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. Inside World Parasport
  3. 1 2 "Karolina Kucharczyk - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "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.