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| Full name | Milena Magdalena Olszewska | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-05-21) 21 May 1984 (age 40) Czarnków, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gzsn Start | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ryszard Bukański | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Milena Magdalena Olszewska (born 21 May 1984) is a Polish Paralympic archer.
She has won two Paralympic bronze medals.
Biography
Milena Olszewska was born with underdevelopment of her right leg, and at the age of 15 the leg was amputated. She completed her pedagogical studies at the State Higher Vocational School in Gorzow Wielkopolski and was employed in the office of the Gorzów Disability Sport "Start".
In 2007 she began training in archery, trained by Alicja Bukańska and coached by Ryszard Bukański. In 2009 she debuted at the World Para-Archery Championships, occupying 5th place in the team. In 2012 she made her debut at the Summer Paralympics in London, winning a bronze medal in the individual standing competition.
In 2013 she won the world championship in the slalom (with Piotr Sawicki), in the same competition she took third place individually. In 2013, she was ranked as the world's first disabled archer. In 2014 and 2016 she won the European Championship, in the same event she occupied second and third place respectively in the individual tournament. In 2016, at the Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Milena won an individual bronze medal in the recurve (in open play this time).
She was decorated with Brown (2013) and Silver (2016) Cross of Merit (2013).
References
- ^ "Milena Olszewska". wimbp.gorzow.pl. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Miłość od pierwszego strzału". gosc.pl. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- "Milena Olszewska". ig24.pl. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Milena Olszewska". worldarchery.org. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 1 February 2013 on the award of orders and decorations.
- "Odznaczenia państwowe dla Olimpijczyków". prezydent.pl. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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External links
- Milena Olszewska at World Archery
- Milena Olszewska at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Milena Olszewska at the International Paralympic Committee
- Milena Olszewska at the Polski Komitet Paralimpijski (in Polish)
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