Katarzyna Żakowicz (born 12 February 1975 in

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) is a retired

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athlete who specialised in the shot put. She represented her country at the

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, but failed to qualify for the final. She has personal bests of 19.28 metres outdoors (2000) and 18.59 metres indoors (2001).

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1975 births Living people Polish female shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Sportspeople from Mońki Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Podlasie Białystok athletes Universiade bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub