Karolina Tymińska (born 4 October 1984 in Świebodzin) is a Polish heptathlete. She has represented Poland twice at the

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(2008 and 2012) and three times at the

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(2007, 2009 and 2011). She is the bronze medalist in the heptathlon from the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, having originally come fourth in the event before the disqualification, in 2016, of

Tatyana Chernova Tatyana Sergeyevna Chernova (russian: Татьяна Серге́евна Чернова; born 29 January 1988 in Krasnodar) is a Russian former heptathlete. She was originally awarded the bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics befo ...

. Tymińska also regularly competes in the

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event: at the IAAF World Indoor Championships she placed fourth in 2012 and sixth in both 2008 and 2010. Her personal best in indoor pentathlon result is 4769 points, achieved in July 2008 in

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. In heptathlon her personal best result is 6544 achieved in August 2011 in

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. She won the

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title in 2013 with a score of 6347 points, defeating

Hanna Melnychenko Hanna Anatoliïvna Kasyanova (née Melnychenko) ( uk, Ганна Анатоліївна Мельниченко; born 24 April 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Ukrainian heptathlete. Career Kasyanova won the 2013 Décastar competition with 6308 poin ...

and setting a

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best of 42.40 m. She placed second at the Decastar meeting with 6288 points.van Kuijen, Hans (2013-09-15)
Warner and Melnychenko win in Talence – IAAF Combined Events Challenge
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.

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* 1984 births Living people Polish heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland People from Świebodzin Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub