# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irena-szewinska
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:57:19.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irena-szewinska"
name: "Irena Szewińska"
slug: "irena-szewinska"
description: "Irena Szewińska was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost track athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events. She won a total of seven Olympic medals including three golds. She is the only athlete in history, male or female, to have held the world record in the 100 m, the 200 m and the 400 m events. She was voted the Polish Sports Personality of the Year four times. In 2016, she was awarded Poland's highest decoration, the Order of the White Eagle."
tagline: "Polish sprinter and sports official (1946–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irena_Szewinska_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1946-05-24"
deathDate: "2018-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           22.165868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 245
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump