Irena Gwizdała

Irena Gwizdała (24 January 1904 - 11 March 1982) was a Polish track and field athlete specialized in sprint events and long jump. She became three times national champion in the early era of female athletic in Poland and won a total of six medals at the Poland Athletics Championships during the early 1920s.

Biography
The first female national athletics championships in Poland were in 1922. At these championships Gwizdała became national champion in the  4 × 50 merred relay together with Pogoń Lwów club members Bronisława Szmendziuk, Ewa Karczmar and Stefania Nowożeniuk. She won the bronze medal in the 60 metres sprint behind Bronisława Szmendziuk and Irmina Rzeźnicka. In 1923 she became national champion in the 4 × 60 metres relay and the 4 × 100 metres relay. Furthermore she won the silver medal in the high jump and the bronze medal in the 200 metres.

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Category:1904 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:Polish long jumpers
Category:Polish sprinters