Dorota Jędrusińska, née Dydo (born 4 February 1982 in

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) is a

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sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Dorota Jedrusinska
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008 She is married to a fellow Polish sprinter Marcin Jędrusiński. Jędrusińska represented

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. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with

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and

Marta Jeschke Marta Jeschke (born 2 June 1986 in Wejherowo) is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Her personal best time is 23.19 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in Rostock. She has best of 11.33 seconds in the 100 metres, which she set in Krak ...

. 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.

Major competitions record

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