Katarzyna Elżbieta Dydek (born 21 March 1970 in
Warsaw
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) is a retired
Polish
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basketball
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player who competed in the
2000 Summer Olympics
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.
She also played for the
Colorado Xplosion
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of the now-defunct
American Basketball League.
She is the older sister of
Małgorzata 'Margo' Dydek (1974–2011).
References
1970 births
Living people
Polish women's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of Poland
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Colorado Xplosion players
Polish expatriate basketball people in the United States
Polish Roman Catholics
Basketball players from Warsaw
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