Maria Piątkowska
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| Gold | 1962 Belgrade | 4x100 m Relay |
| Bronze | 1958 Stockholm | 4x100 m Relay |
| Bronze | 1962 Belgrade | 80 m Hurdles |
Maria Piątkowska née Ilwicka, then Chojnacka (born 24 February 1931) is a former Polish sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper.
She was a three-time olympian (Helsinki 1952, Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964) and participated in three different European Championships (1954 Bern, 1958 Stockholm and 1962 Belgrade).
She was a member of a world record-setting 4x100 metre relay team on 13 September 1964 in Łódź, Poland, with the time of 44.2 s.
She won three medals at two different European championships: bronze in 4x100 m relay in 1958 in Stockholm and gold in 4x100 m relay and bronze in 80 metre hurdles in 1962 in Belgrade.
She is the wife of a fellow Polish Olympian, discus thrower Edmund Piątkowski.
She was born in Goleni, Romania, now in Moldova.
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