Małgorzata Zadura (born October 3, 1982 in

Lubań Lubań (; ), sometimes called Lubań Śląski (; , ); is a town in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwest Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubań County and also of the smaller Gmina Lubań (although it is not part of the territory ...

) is a retired Polish hammer thrower. Zadura represented

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at the

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, where she competed for the women's hammer throw, along with her compatriots

Anita Włodarczyk Anita Włodarczyk (; born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower. She is the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion, and the first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m. She is ...

and

Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska (4 November 1982 – 18 February 2009) was a Polish hammer thrower. She is best known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals ...

. She performed the best throw of 64.13 metres on her second attempt, finishing thirty-eighth overall in the qualifying rounds. Her personal best in the event is 70.36 metres, set in 2010 in Lublin.

Competition record

References

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Polish female hammer throwers Living people Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Lubań 1982 births Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-hammerthrow-athletics-bio-stub