Irena szewinska biography for kids
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Szewinska, Irena (1946—)
Polish track star who won seven Olympic medals, three of them gold. Name variations: Irene Kirszenstein; Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska; Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein.
Irena szewinska biography for kids
Born Irena Kirszenstein in Leningrad, USSR (now Russia), on May 24, 1946; married Junusz Szewinski (a runner who became her coach), in 1967; children: son Andrzej (b. February 1970).
Won medals in each of the four Olympics in which she competed, a feat no man or woman had ever accomplished: won silver in long jump, silver in 200 meters, gold in 4x100-meter relay in Tokyo Olympics (1964), won bronze in 100 meters, gold in 200 meters in Mexico City Olympics (1968), won bronze in 200 meters in Munich Olympics (1972), won gold in 400 meters in Montreal (1976); became the first woman to break 50 seconds in the 400 meters when she ran that race in 49.9 seconds (1974).
Irena Szewinska was born Irena Kirszenstein in Leningrad, USSR, in 1946.
In September 1939, her parents had fled the Nazi inva