Jagna Marczułajtis
Jagna Kinga Marczułajtis-Walczak (born 15 December 1978 in Zakopane) is a Polish politician and former snowboarder who competed in parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom. Since November 2011, she has been a member of the Polish Sejm. Elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024. [1]
Marczułajtis' best finishes in the World Cup in parallel slalom are two 1st places: in January 2006 in Nendaz and in January 2004 in Bad Gastein. She competed for Poland in three Olympic Games: Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002 (where she placed 4th), and Turin 2006.[2]
She is also a 14-time Champion of Poland (including currently, in 2006), a one-time European Champion and a one-time European Championships Runner-up. She has won a medal at the World Championships. She is also a two-time World Junior Champion.
Marczułajtis is the former wife of fellow Polish Olympian, ice dancer Sebastian Kolasiński. She was born and lives in Zakopane, Poland with her two daughters, Jagoda Olimpia (born in 2002), and Iga (born in 2008).
She chaired the committee organising the Kraków bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, but resigned from this position in April 2014.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wybory do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2024". wybory.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ Olympic results Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ www.theolympian.com https://archive.today/20140413194003/http://www.theolympian.com/2014/04/13/3084760/poland-hopes-to-host-2022-games.html?sp=/99/103/. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
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External links
[edit]- Her official website (in Polish)
- Jagna Marczułajtis at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Polish female snowboarders
- Olympic snowboarders for Poland
- Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Zakopane
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2011–2015
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2015–2019
- Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023
- Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
- 21st-century Polish women politicians
- MEPs for Poland 2024–2029
- Snowboarding biography stubs
- Polish winter sports biography stubs