Monika Mariola Drybulska-Stefanowicz (born May 15, 1980 in

Wągrowiec (german: Wongrowitz) is a town in west-central Poland, from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the a seat of a powiat. Administratively it is attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The town is situated in the mi ...

) is a Polish marathon runner. She set her personal best time of 2:29:57 at the 2003

Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon (german: Berlin-Marathon, ) is a marathon event held annually on the streets of Berlin, Germany on the last weekend of September. Held annually since 1974, the event includes multiple races over the marathon distance of , inclu ...

. Drybulska also competed in the women's marathon at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, but did not finish the race. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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, Drybulska made her second appearance in the women's marathon, along with her compatriot Dorota Gruca. Unlike her previous Olympics, Drybulska successfully finished the race in twenty-fourth place by one second behind world-record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, with her seasonal best time of 2:32:39.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Living people 1980 births People from Wągrowiec Sportspeople from Greater Poland Voivodeship Polish female marathon runners Polish female long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub