Danuta Straszyńska
{{short description|Polish hurdler and sprinter}}
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| name = Danuta Straszyńska
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| nationality = Polish
| sport = Athletics
| event = hurdling, sprinting
| club = AZS Kraków
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|2|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
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| height =164 cm
| weight =56 kg
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Danuta Julia Straszyńska (born 4 February 1942) is a Polish former hurdler and sprinter who competed at two Olympic Games.
Biography
Straszyńska won the 80 metres hurdles title at the 1965 Universiade in 10.6 seconds
Straszyńska won the British WAAA Championships title in the 80 metres hurdles event at the 1966 WAAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004941/19660703/799/0027 |title=Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look |work=Sunday Express |date=3 July 1966 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=1 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 March 2025 }} She also won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 European Championships.
She went on to finish sixth in the 80 metres hurdles final at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in 10.6 seconds{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/danuta-straszynska-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115539/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/danuta-straszynska-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Danuta Straszyńska Olympic Results |access-date=15 August 2017}} and competed in the 100 metres hurdlles at the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74658 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 March 2025}}
References
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Polish female sprinters
Category:Polish female hurdlers
Category:Olympic athletes for Poland
Category:People from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Category:Athletes from Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland
Category:Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade
Category:Polish Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century Polish sportswomen
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