Irena Szewińska in the 100 m run in the Memorial of Janusz Kusociński in 1976 in Bydgoszcz

Irena Kirszenstein-Szewińska (1946 - 2018) - Polish athlete specializing in sprint runs and long jump. She was a player of the Polonia club in Warsaw. She was one of the most successful Polish athletes and the most outstanding female athletes in history: a seven-time medalist of the Olympic Games, a sixteen-time medalist of the European Championships, and a multiple Polish representative in intern…