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Milena Olszewska
Milena Magdalena Olszewska (born 21 May 1984[1]) is a Polish Paralympic archer. She has won two Paralympic bronze medals. BiographyMilena Olszewska was born with underdevelopment of her right leg, and at the age of 15 the leg was amputated.[2] She completed her pedagogical studies at the State Higher Vocational School in Gorzow Wielkopolski[1] and was employed in the office of the Gorzów Disability Sport "Start".[2] In 2007 she began training in archery, trained by Alicja Bukańska and coached by Ryszard Bukański.[2] In 2009 she debuted at the World Para-Archery Championships, occupying 5th place in the team.[3] In 2012 she made her debut at the Summer Paralympics in London, winning a bronze medal in the individual standing competition.[4] In 2013 she won the world championship in the slalom (with Piotr Sawicki), in the same competition she took third place individually.[1][4] In 2013, she was ranked as the world's first disabled archer.[1] In 2014 and 2016 she won the European Championship, in the same event she occupied second and third place respectively in the individual tournament.[4] In 2016, at the Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Milena won an individual bronze medal in the recurve (in open play this time).[4] She was decorated with Brown (2013) and Silver (2016) Cross of Merit (2013).[5][6] References
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