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Halina Konopacka

Halina Konopacka
Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989)

Halina Konopacka was a Polish athlete. She won the discus throw event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, defeating American silver medal winner Lillian Copeland, breaking her own world record, and becoming the first Polish Olympic champion. After retiring from athletics she became a writer and poet. She immigrated to the United States after World War II, and died there.

26 February 1900

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