Lucyna Krawcewicz

Lucyna Krawcewicz (born 14 March 1938) is a retired javelin thrower and chess player from Poland.

Lucyna Krawcewicz
CountryPoland
Born (1938-03-14) 14 March 1938
Michalin, Polesie Voivodeship, now Ukraine
FIDE rating1559 (November 2021)
Peak rating2085 (January 1995)

Biography

Lucyna Krawcewicz represented her native country at the Summer Olympics 1968 where she took 12th place in the Women's javelin throw final.[1] 24 times competed in the Polish national team matches (4 wins individual). She won Polish Seniors Championship in Athletics in 1965 and won three silver medals in 1964, 1967, 1968. Her personal record in javelin throw - 54.84 m (1968).[2]

Krawcewicz was also a chess player. In 1972 she won first women's Polish Blitz Chess Championship in Lubliniec. During her career, she eight times appeared in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals (1972-1982) and reaching fifth place in 1974. Also competed three times in World Senior Chess Championship: in 2000 took 15th place,[3] in 2002 - 13th,[4] and in 2004 - 5th place.[5]

In the past she also practiced handball and volleyball. She was a teacher of physical education and specialist in unconventional treatments.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lucyna Krawcewicz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. "Biografie • Polski Komitet Olimpijski" [Biographies • Polish Olympic Committee]. Olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. "Weltmeisterschaft der Senioren und Seniorinnen" [World Championship for Seniors]. TeleSchach.de (in German). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. "Schachweltmeisterschaft der Senioren" [Seniors World Chess Championship]. TeleSchach.de (in German). Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. "14.Senioren-Schachweltmeisterschaft 2004" [14th Senior Chess World Championship 2004]. TeleSchach.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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