Elżbieta Żebrowska

Elżbieta Żebrowska
née Bednarek
	Elzbieta Zebrowska (1968
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	27 March 1945; Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Died	23 December 2021 (aged 76); Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	hurdles
Club	Warszawianka
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Poland
European Championships

Elżbieta Regina Żebrowska (née Bednarek, 27 March 1945 – 23 December 2021) was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Bednarek, born in Warsaw, finished third behind Pat Jones in the 80 metres hurdles event at the British 1965 WAAA Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3] One year later at she was a gold medallist at the 1966 European Championships in Budapest in the 4 × 100 metres relay with Danuta Straszyńska, Irena Kirszenstein and Ewa Kłobukowska, and won the bronze medal in the 80 metres hurdles.^[4]

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, representing Poland, she finished seventh in the final of the 80 metres hurdles in 10.6 seconds.^[5]

Żebrowska died on 23 December 2021, at the age of 76.^[6]

References

↑ "Results". Sunday Express. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
↑ Elzbieta Zebrowska. sports-reference.com
↑ Elżbieta Żebrowska's obituary (in Polish)