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Irena Świderska

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Irena Świderska
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born(1909-10-09)9 October 1909
Warsaw, Poland
Died7 January 1996(1996-01-07) (aged 86)
Trzciance, Poland
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
Event(s)sprint, middle distance, long jump
ClubAZS Poznań

Irena Świderska with married name Krawiec (9 October 1909 - 7 January 1996) was a Polish track and field athlete competing in sprint events, middle distance, long jump and standing long jump. She was a member of AZS Poznań and represented Poland internationally.

Świderska was 14 times national champion. At the Poland national indoor championships she won nineteen medals: five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals. At the national indoor championships she won fourteen medals: nine gold, three silver and two bronze.[1][2][3]

She represented Poland at the 1934 Women's World Games in the 800 metres event and won a silver medal and bronze medal at the 1935 International University Games.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kurzyński, Henryk; Rychwalski, Maciej; Socha, Andrzej; Wołejko, Tadeusz (2008). Historia polskiej kobiecej lekkoatletyki w okresie międzywojennym (in Polish). Warsaw: Komisja Statystyczna PZLA. p. 405.
  2. Henryk Kurzyński, Leszek Luftman, Janusz Rozum, Maciej Rychwalski, Andrzej Socha Historia finałów lekkoatletycznych mistrzostw Polski 1922-2011. Konkurencje kobiece, wyd. Bydgoszcz 2011, p. 452
  3. Daniel Grinberg i inni Historia polskiej lekkoatletyki halowej 1924-2014, wyd. Warszawa-Sopot 2014, p. 450