Barbara Sobotta-Janiszewska

Barbara Sobotta-Janiszewska, née Barbara Lerczak, (December 4, 1936, in Poznań – November 20, 2000, in Kraków) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the women's sprint events during her career.

Barbara Sobotta-Janiszewska

Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	Barbara Lerczak (1936-12-06)6 December 1936 Poznań, Poland
Died	20 November 2000(2000-11-20) (aged 63) Kraków, Poland
Life partner	Jan Nowicki (1970–1974/1975)
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event(s)	100 metres 200 metres
College team	AZS Poznań
Club	AZS Poznań
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Poland Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m European Championships 1958 Stockholm 200 m 1962 Belgrade 4×100 m 1958 Stockholm 4×100 m 1962 Belgrade 200 m Universiade 1961 Sofia 200 m

In 1958 in Stockholm, she won the European Championships 200 metres race (as Maria Leontyavna Itkina won the bronze medal).

She competed for Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres with her teammates Teresa Wieczorek, Celina Jesionowska and Halina Richter.

Personal life

She was in informal relationship with Jan Nowicki, with whom she later had a son, Łukasz Nowicki, an actor and television presenter. After 4-5 years, Jan Nowicki broke up with Barbara for Irena Paszyn.

Additional images

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  Commemorative plaque outside Barbara Sobotta's family home at 41a Wierzbięcice Street in Poznań

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Lerczak-Janiszewska-Sobotta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.