Ewa Zielińska (born 25 December 1972) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

athlete from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

competing mainly in category F42 long jump and T42 sprint events. She competed in the women's F42 long jump at the

2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ...

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, but failed to win a medal. She improved in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, where she won a bronze medal in the women's F42 long jump event, but failed to win a medal in the T42 100m.

External links

Profile at Polish Paralympic Committee
* Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1972 births Paralympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Poland Polish amputees Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Polish female sprinters Polish female long jumpers Sprinters with limb difference Long jumpers with limb difference Paralympic sprinters Paralympic long jumpers {{Poland-Paralympic-medalist-stub