Róża Kozakowska (born 26 August 1989) is a Polish Paralympic athlete competing in F32-classification events. She won the gold medal in the women's club throw F32 event at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

held in Tokyo, Japan. She also set a new world record of 28.74 metres. She won the silver medal in the women's shot put F32 event.

Career

Kozakowska competed in the women's long jump T38 event at the

2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic athletics, Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from ...

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In June 2021, she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F32 event at the

2021 World Para Athletics European Championships The 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe and a refugee team with one athlete. This was ...

held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She came first in the F32

Club throw The club throw is an Track and field athletics, athletic throwing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paraly ...

with the longest throw ever of 28.74m. The Ukrainian Anastasiia Moskalenko took the silver, Mounia Gasmi of Algeria had the bronze and

Alia Issa Alia Issa (born 4 January 2001) is one of the six refugees in the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics who competed at the delayed Tokyo Paralympics. Issa is based in Athens. She was the first woman parathlete to represent ref ...

, the first woman to represent the Refugee Paralympic Team, came eighth. At the

2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

she initially threw a World Record distance of 31.30m to claim Gold, but was disqualified for using improper equipment after a protest by the Brazilian delegation.

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Roza Kozakowska
at the

Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

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