Daria Onyśko-Korczyńska (born 30 July 1981 in

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg (; ; ) is a port and spa city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (in the middle of the section ...

) is a retired

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sprint athlete who competed internationally for

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. She finished eighth in the

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final at the

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, and ninth one month later at the

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. She won the bronze medal in

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at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. Korczynska represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. She competed at the

sprint and placed third in her first round heat after

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and

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in a time of 11.22 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.41 was the fifth time of her race. Together with Ewelina Klocek,

Dorota Jędrusińska Dorota Jędrusińska, née Dydo (born 4 February 1982 in Mielec) is a track and field Sprint (running), sprint athlete who competes internationally for Poland.

and Marta Jeschke she also took part in the

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. In their first round heat they placed fifth behind

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and

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. Their time of 43.47 seconds was the second best non-directly qualifying time and the seventh time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they replaced Jeschke with Joanna Henryka Kocielnik. In the final they were eventually disqualified. She won the bronze medal with the Polish 4 × 100 metres relay at the

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. She was part of the Polish 4 × 100 m team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Competition record

Personal bests

- 11.22 s (2008) *

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- 23.17 s (2008)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Korczynska, Daria 1981 births Living people Polish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kołobrzeg European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from West Pomeranian Voivodeship Śląsk Wrocław athletes Olympic female sprinters Polish Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Polish sportswomen