Irena Szewińska (born May 24 1946) is a Polish sprinter who dominated women's athletics for nearly two decades.

Irena Szewińska was born in 1946 in Leningrad (currently St. Petersburg). Between 1964 and 1980 she participated in five Olympic Games, winning seven medals, three of them gold. She also broke six world records and was the first woman to hold world records at 100m, 200m and 400m at the same time. She also won 13 medals in European Championships. Between 1965 and 1979 she gathered 26 titles of Champion of Poland in 100m sprint, 200m sprint, 400m sprint, 4x400m relay and long jump.

As of 2004 she is the head of Polish Federation of Athletics and a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Medals and Championships timeline

Year	Games	Where	Event	Notes
1964	1964 Summer Olympics	Tokyo	4 x 100 m 200 m long jump	gold , 43,6 s - WR silver silver
1965			100m sprint	11,1 s - WR
1966	European Championships	Budapest	200 m sprint long jump 4 x 100 m 100 m	gold gold gold silver
1968	1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico City	200m 100 m	gold bronze
1971	European Championships (outdoor)	Helsinki	200 m	bronze
1971	European Championships (indoor)	Helsinki	long jump	silver
1972	1972 Summer Olympics	Munich	200 m	bronze
1974	European Championships (outdoor)	Rome	100 m 200 m 4 x 100 m	gold gold - 22,21s, WR bronze
1974	European Championships (indoor)	Rome	60 m	bronze
1975	European Championships (indoor)		60 m	bronze
1976	1976 Summer Olympics	Montréal	400 m	gold , 49,29s - WR
1978	European Championships	Prague	400 m 4 x 400m	bronze bronze