Agata Karczmarek

Agata Jadwiga Karczmarek (née Jaroszek; 29 November 1963 – 18 July 2016) was a Polish gymnast and long jumper.

Agata Karczmarek

Personal information
Birth name	Agata Jadwiga Jaroszek
Born	(1963-11-29)29 November 1963 Warsaw, Poland
Died	18 July 2016(2016-07-18) (aged 52)[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Club	CWKS Legia Warsaw
Coached by	Andrzej Lasocki Jerzy Fidusiewicz
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Poland World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris Long jump

Her most successful contest was in 1997 when she won a bronze medal at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her personal best jump was 6.97m, set in Lublin 1988. It is still unbeaten national record. She retired after the 2000 season. Karczmarek started her career as a gymnast, competing for Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was once married to hurdler Piotr Karczmarek; their daughter, Zuzanna, was also an athlete.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics international competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Poland
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	11th	Long jump	6.50 m
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	11th	Long jump	6.37 m
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	5th	Long jump	6.57 m
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	6th	Long jump	6.43 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	7th	Long jump	6.60 m
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	5th	Long jump	6.56 m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	Long jump	6.31 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	18th (q)	Long jump	6.55 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	10th	Long jump	6.41 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	14th (q)	Long jump	6.28 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	8th	Long jump	6.57 m
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	6th	Long jump	6.60 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	Long jump	6.67 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	7th	Long jump	6.71 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	6th	Long jump	6.90 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	Long jump	6.71 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	22nd (q)	Long jump	6.44 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	19th (q)	Long jump	6.38 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	14th (q)	Long jump	6.58 m

See also

• Polish records in athletics

References

1. "Agata Karczmarek". PZLA.pl (in Polish). Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Agata Jaroszek-Karczmarek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

External links

• Agata Karczmarek at World Athletics
• Agata Karczmarek at Olympics.com
• Agata Karczmarek at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
• Agata Karczmarek at Olympic.org (archived)
• Agata Jaroszek-Karczmarek at Olympedia (archive)
• Agata Karczmarek (Jaroszek) at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)