Agata Jadwiga Karczmarek (

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Jaroszek; 29 November 1963 – 18 July 2016) was a Polish gymnast and

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er. Her most successful contest was in 1997 when she won a bronze medal at the

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. Her personal best jump was 6.97m, set in

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1988. It is still unbeaten national record. She retired after the 2000 season. Karczmarek started her career as a gymnast, competing for Poland at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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. She was once married to hurdler Piotr Karczmarek; their daughter, Zuzanna, was also an athlete.

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* * * * 1963 births 2016 deaths Polish female artistic gymnasts Polish female long jumpers Olympic gymnasts for Poland Olympic athletes for Poland Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes from Warsaw Legia Warsaw athletes Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub

Athletics international competitions

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