Joanna Henryka Kocielnik (born 11 March 1983 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

) is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Joanna Henryka Kocielnik
, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 Kocielnik represented

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. She competed at the

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together with

Daria Korczyńska Daria Onyśko-Korczyńska (born 30 July 1981 in Kołobrzeg) is a retired track and field sprint athlete who competed internationally for Poland. She finished eighth in the 100 metres final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothen ...

Dorota Jędrusińska Dorota Jędrusińska, née Dydo (born 4 February 1982 in Mielec) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.

and

Marta Jeschke Marta Jeschke (born 2 June 1986 in Wejherowo) is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Her personal best time is 23.19 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in Rostock. She has best of 11.33 seconds in the 100 metres, which she set in Krak ...

. In their first round heat (without Kocielnik) they placed fifth behind

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and

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. Their time of 43.47 seconds was the second best non-directly qualifying time and the seventh time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they replaced Jeschke with Kocielnik. In the final they were eventually disqualified.

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* 1983 births Living people Athletes from Warsaw Polish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub