Jolanta Kajtoch (née Wójcik; born 2 June 1984 in

Lipinki, Świecie County Lipinki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Warlubie, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Warlubie, north of Świecie Świecie (; ) is a tow ...

) is a Polish sprinter, who specialized in the

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. Wojcik competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the

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, along with her teammates

Grażyna Prokopek Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček (born 20 April 1977 in Zalewo) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She is married to a Czech former pole vaulter, Štěpán Janáček. International competitions 1Representing Europe P ...

Anna Jesień Anna Marta Jesień (née Olichwierczuk, born 10 December 1978 in Kostki near Sokołów Podlaski) is a Polish former hurdler. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich. Four years late ...

, and

Monika Bejnar Monika Bejnar (born 10 March 1981, Tarnów) is a retired Polish sprint athlete. She finished 4th in the 200m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She also competed in the 4 × 400 m relay team for Poland in ...

. She ran on the second leg of the first heat, with an individual-split time of 51.72 seconds. Wojcik and her team finished the relay in sixth place for a total time of 3:28.23, failing to advance into the final.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1985 births Living people Polish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Świecie County Athletes from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub