Halina Konopacka
Halina Konopacka | |||||||
nation | Poland | ||||||
birthday | November 11, 1900 | ||||||
place of birth | Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland | ||||||
date of death | January 29, 1989 | ||||||
Place of death | Daytona Beach, United States | ||||||
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discipline | Discus throw | ||||||
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Halina Konopacka married. Matuszewska, married. Szczerbińska (born November 11, 1900 in Rawa Mazowiecka , † January 29, 1989 in Daytona Beach , Florida ) was a Polish athlete .
At the Women's World Games in Gothenburg in 1926 and the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , she won the gold medal in the discus throw . The 1.80 m tall Polish woman was the first ever Olympic champion in this discipline and in the history of sports in her home country.
Her victory distance on July 31, 1928 with 39.62 m was also a new world record , which was only exceeded in 1932 by her compatriot Jadwiga Wajs with 40.34 m. She was also named the most beautiful woman at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
Web links
Commons : Halina Konopacka - collection of images, videos and audio files
- CV at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk ( Memento from March 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Halina Konopacka in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Halina (właściwie Leonarda Kazimiera) Szczerbińska z Konopackich. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 22, 2019 (Polish). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Konopacka, Halina |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1900 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rawa Mazowiecka |
DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1989 |
Place of death | Daytona Beach , Florida |