Irene Piotrowski

{{Short description|Canadian sprinter (1941–2020)}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's sthletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1966 Kingston | 110 yards}}

{{MedalBronze| 1966 Kingston | 220 yards}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1967 Winnipeg | 4 x 100 m relay}}

{{MedalBronze| 1967 Winnipeg | 100 metres}}

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Irene Piotrowski, (née Macijauskaitė; July 9, 1941 – August 13, 2020) was a Canadian female track and field athlete, born in Skaudvilė, Lithuania. In 1964, Piotrowski broke the World and Canadian 100 metre record at 11.4 seconds.{{Cite book |title=Who's who of Canadian sport |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincanadia0000ferg_x4g0 |url-access=registration |last=Ferguson |first=Bob |publisher=Prentice-Hall Canada |year=1977 |location=Scarborough, Ontario |pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoincanadia0000ferg_x4g0/page/208 208]}} She competed in the 1964 Olympic Games in the 100 metre and 200 metre.{{Cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/irene-piotrowski/ |title=Irene Piotrowski |website=Canadian Olympic Team Official Website |access-date=March 8, 2018}} She won a silver medal in the 100 yards and a bronze in the 220 yard sprints at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. She competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in the 200 metres, 4x100 metre relay and the 100 metre where she set the Canadian records. She claimed the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and ran the anchor leg on the 4 x 100 metre relay squad that took the silver medal. She won the Yukon Flour Packing title in 1974, backpacking 500 pounds in 100 feet, and 600 pounds in 50 ft. She died in 2020 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 79.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-champion-sprinter-irene-piotrowski-set-a-canadian-record-at-the-196/|title = Champion sprinter Irene Piotrowski set a Canadian record at the 1968 Olympics|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|date = September 25, 2020|last1 = Hawthorn|first1 = Tom}}