Katarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska (born 18 February 1992) is a Polish

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and a two-time Polish all-around champion. She represented

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at the

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Career

She represented Poland at the

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in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2015. In 2016, she competed at the Olympic Test Event, where she received a qualification for the

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. Her biggest international accomplishments are 5th place on the balance beam at the 2013 European Championships in

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and 8th place on vault at the 2016 European Championships in

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. She also won multiple medals at the

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series.

Eponymous skills

Jurkowska-Kowalska has two eponymous skills listed in the Code of Points.

Family

She is married to Arkadiusz Kowalski, a professional handball player. On September 3, 2019, she gave birth to a son."Karzaryna Jurkowska-Kowalska on Instagram"
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References

External links

* * * * *https://thegymter.net/katarzyna-jurkowska/ *http://olympians.pointafter.com/l/47461/Katarzyna-Jurkowska-kowalska *http://www.gettyimages.com/pictures/katarzyna-jurkowska-kowalska-14696331#katarzyna-jurkowskakowalska-of-poland-competes-on-the-balance-beam-picture-id587143646 *http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Katarzyna+Jurkowska-+Kowalska/Gymnastics+Artistic+Olympics+Day+2/XAZS8Re-cVt *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FduHtILGJ8 1992 births Living people Polish female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Poland Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Poland Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Sportspeople from Kraków Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics {{Poland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub