Lucyna Langer

Lucyna Kałek (née Langer, born 9 January 1956) is a retired Polish hurdler. The highlights of her career in the 100 metres hurdles were winning the 1980 Olympic bronze medal and the gold medal at the 1982 European Championships. She also won the 1984 European Indoor Championships 60 metres hurdles title and was the fastest 100 metres hurdler in the world in 1984, with her career-best time of 12.43 secs.

Lucyna Langer
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born (1956-01-09) 9 January 1956
Mysłowice, Poland
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres hurdles
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow 100 m hurdles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Athens 100 m hurdles
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City 100 m hurdles

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.

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 Yordanka Donkova with 12.44. Langer defeated Donkova in Athens and was ranked number one on the 1982 Track and Field News world merit rankings. She would go on to rank number one on the 1984 Track and Field News merit rankings. 1984 also saw her slightly improve her best to 12.43 secs in Hanover on 19 August, the fastest 100 metres hurdles time in the world that year, and a time that still ranks her (as of 2018) in the all-time top 20.

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Poland
1978 European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 5th 100 m hurdles 12.98
1979 Universiade Mexico City, Mexico 1st 100 m hurdles 12.62
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.65
7th 4 × 100 m relay 44.49
1981 World Cup Rome, Italy 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.971
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 8th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.13
European Championships Athens, Greece 1st 100 m hurdles 12.45
1984 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 60 m hurdles 7.96
Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.61

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