Małgorzata Dorota Olejnik (born 3 June 1966 in

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the

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on 25 September 2005, getting 12398 votes in 33

district, as candidate from the

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list. Olejnik, a

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who uses a

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, is also an accomplished

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and has represented Poland at the

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. She won a gold medal at the 1996 games in

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, a silver in

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, and a bronze in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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. At the

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, she competed in the women's individual recurve standing event. She won her first two matches and lost her third in the semifinal. She advanced to the bronze medal match but lost to

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of the

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and finished in fourth place.

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Małgorzata Olejnik - parliamentary page
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