Lucyna Langer
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Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mysłowice, Poland | 9 January 1956||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 100 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lucyna Kałek (née Langer, born 9 January 1956) is a retired
Career
Born in Mysłowice, Langer first ran under 13 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles with 12.89 secs in 1978, improving to 12.62 in 1979, when winning the Universiade title in Mexico City. When her Polish team-mate Grażyna Rabsztyn broke the world record with 12.36 secs in June 1980, Langer finished second in 12.44, to move to second on the world all-time list. She would go on to win an Olympic bronze medal six weeks later in Moscow, running 12.65.
In 1981 she beat American Stephanie Hightower, in the IAAF Golden Meet 100 hurdles in Berlin, in a time of 12.91
As Lucyna Kalek, she won the 1982 European title in Athens, in a season's best of 12.45 secs. The only woman to go faster that year was
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Poland | |||||
1978 | European Championships
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Prague, Czechoslovakia
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5th | 100 m hurdles | 12.98 |
1979 | Universiade | Mexico City, Mexico
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1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.62 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union
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3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.65 |
7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.49 | |||
1981 | World Cup | Rome, Italy
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3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.97 1
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1982 | European Indoor Championships
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Milan, Italy
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8th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.13 |
European Championships
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Athens, Greece
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1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.45 | |
1984 | European Indoor Championships
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.96 |
Friendship Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.61 |
1Representing Europe
References
External links
- Lucyna Langer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Lucyna Langer at Olympics.com
- European Championships
- European Indoor Championships