Monika Stefanowicz

{{short description|Polish marathon runner}}

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| name = Monika Drybulska-Stefanowicz

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| caption = Monika Drybulska-Stefanowicz in 2024

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| fullname = Monika Mariola Drybulska-Stefanowicz

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| nationality = {{POL}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wągrowiec, Poland

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Marathon

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| club = WKS Grunwald Poznań

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| coach = Gregorz Gajdus

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| pb = Half-marathon: 1:13:34 (2002)
Marathon: 2:29:57 (2003)

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Monika Mariola Drybulska-Stefanowicz (born May 15, 1980 in Wągrowiec) is a Polish marathon runner.{{cite sports-reference|title = Monika Drybulska|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/monika-drybulska-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190714133132/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/monika-drybulska-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 14 July 2019|access-date = 27 December 2012}} She set her personal best time of 2:29:57 at the 2003 Berlin Marathon.{{cite news|last=Nakamura|first=Ken|title=One woman show by Shibui? – Nagoya Women's Marathon Preview|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/preview/one-woman-show-by-shibui-nagoya-womens-mara|publisher=IAAF|date=11 March 2005|accessdate=27 December 2012}} Drybulska also competed in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but did not finish the race.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Drybulska made her second appearance in the women's marathon, along with her compatriot Dorota Gruca. Unlike her previous Olympics, Drybulska successfully finished the race in twenty-fourth place, one second behind world-record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, with her seasonal best time of 2:32:39.{{cite web|title=Women's Marathon |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATW099100/standings.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=27 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821073356/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATW099100/standings.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}