Jagna Kinga Marczułajtis-Walczak (born 15 December 1978 in

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...

) is a Polish

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and former

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

who competed in

parallel slalom Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns. Interna ...

and

parallel giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slal ...

. Since November 2011, she has been a member of the Polish

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. Elected as a

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in 2024. Marczułajtis' best finishes in the World Cup in parallel slalom are two 1st places: in January 2006 in

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and in January 2004 in

Bad Gastein Bad Gastein ( is a spa town in the St. Johann im Pongau District. Picturesquely situated in a high valley of the Hohe Tauern mountain range, it is known for the Gastein waterfall and a variety of grand hotel buildings. Geography Bad Gastein i ...

. She competed for

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in three

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: Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002 (where she placed 4th), and Turin 2006. She is also a 14-time Champion of Poland (including currently, in 2006), a one-time European Champion and a one-time European Championships Runner-up. She has won a medal at the World Championships. She is also a two-time World Junior Champion. Marczułajtis is the former wife of fellow Polish Olympian,

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

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. She was born and lives in

, Poland with her two daughters, Jagoda Olimpia (born in 2002), and Iga (born in 2008). She chaired the committee organising the

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, but resigned from this position in April 2014.

References

External links

Her official website
* 1978 births Living people Polish female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for Poland Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Zakopane Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015 Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019 Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland 21st-century Polish women politicians MEPs for Poland 2024–2029 {{Poland-snowboarding-bio-stub