Marzena Karpińska (
Polish pronunciation: ; born 19 February 1988, in
Biłgoraj) is a Polish
weightlifter. She won a gold medal at the
2012 European Championships in Antalya, Turkey with a 187 kg total. She weighed in at 47.74 kg and had snatch lifts of 81, 83 and 85 kg and clean and jerk lifts of 98, 100 and 102 kg. She was also a silver medalist at the
2010 European Championships and bronze medalist at the
2009 European Championships in the 48 kg category.
At the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in Beijing, Karpińska placed 9th in the
48 kg category, with a total of 171 kg. She did not compete in the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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due to doping allegations.
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1988 births
Living people
People from Biłgoraj
Polish female weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Poland
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship
European Weightlifting Championships medalists
20th-century Polish women
21st-century Polish sportswomen
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