Irena Shevinska (performed under the maiden name Kirshenstein , then under the double Kirshenstein-Shevinska ( Polish. Szewińska-Kirszenstein ); May 24, 1946 , Leningrad , USSR - June 29, 2018 , Warsaw , Poland ) - Polish athlete , specialized in short and long sprints , long jump. Three-time Olympic champion and five-time European champion. 4 times recognized as the best athlete in Poland (among men and women) - 1965, 1966, 1974, 1976.
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Repeatedly set world records in running at various distances: 100 m - 11.1 s (1965); 200 m - 22.7 s (1965), 22.5 s (1968), 22.0 s (1974); 400 m - 49.9 s (1974).
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Biography
Her father, Jakub Gustav Kirshenstein (1919-2002) [5] , a native of Warsaw, was an acoustic engineer, professor at the University of Gothenburg , author of scientific works and monographs on acoustics [6] , chess player [7] ; mother - Evgenia Lvovna Rafalskaya (1922-1996) - came from Kiev . Parents met in an evacuation in Samarkand .
In 1967, she married the athlete Slavomir (Janusz) Shevinsky (born 1941).
In 1981, she was included in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame .
After the end of her sports career, Irena Shevinsky took up scientific activities. She graduated from the University of Warsaw and was awarded a master's degree in economics. Member of the IOC since 1998 . Member of the IAAF Executive Committee. She regularly participated in major athletics competitions as a representative of the IAAF, including award ceremonies.
Poland’s current record holder at a distance of 400 meters (49.28 seconds), the achievement was set in the winning final of the Montreal Olympic Games on July 29, 1976 . At a distance of 50 meters in enclosed spaces, she held the Polish record for almost 40 years in 1972-2011 (6.39 seconds).
November 3, 2016 was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun of the 3rd class [8] [9] .
In 2017, she was included in the list of “8 most famous women of Poland” [10] .
Son - Andrzej Shevinsky (born 1970), Polish volleyball player and politician.
See also
- List of multiple Olympic champions
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ FemBio
- ↑ https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Deces-d-irena-szewinska/917309
- ↑ http://www.sport.pl/lekkoatletyka/7,64989,23616031,irena-szewinska-nie-zyje.html
- ↑ In Soviet documents - Yakov Iosifovich Kirshenstein.
- ↑ Bibliography of Yakub Kirshenstein
- ↑ FIDE Chess Profile
- ↑ Japan honors former Polish athlete Szewińska {en}
- ↑ PAP . Irena Szewińska odebrała Japoński Order Wschodzącego Słońca (Polish) . eurosport.onet.pl (January 3, 2017). Date of treatment January 2, 2018.
- ↑ 8 of the most famous women of Poland on the polsha.24 portal, 03/08/2017
Links
- Irena Shevinsky - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Irena Shevinsky on the IOC website