Danuta Bułkowska-Milej (born 31 January 1959, in Olszanka) is a Polish athlete who competed in the

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. Her 1984 personal best (1.97 m) stood as the Polish record for 29 years, only being beaten in 2013. She started her career in the late 1970s. She won the title of the champion of Poland (outdoor) nine times (1977, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989), and five times on the outdoor championships (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987). In addition to that, she took part in the 1978 European Championships in Prague and 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 ...

in Moscow. During the 1986 European Championships in

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she came in seventh, a place she held also at the

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in Liévin 1987. Among her most notable international successes were the bronze medals at the

1985 World Indoor Games The World Indoor Games were arranged by the IAAF and held at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from January 18 to January 19, 1985. In 1987 the championship was renamed to the IAAF World Indoor Championships and gained official st ...

in Paris and the European Indoor Championships in Göteborg 1984 and Piraeus 1985.

Competition record

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European Indoor Championships
1959 births Living people Polish female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland People from Brzeg County Sportspeople from Opole Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Poland World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub