400 metres, and 2 times in the 100 metres; as well as 3 times in the long jump. Over-all, she was ranked 15 years in the top ten at 200 metres, also 4 times number 2, twice at number 3, which just leaves 2 years outside the top 3; (from 1964 to 1977 she was ranked in the top 3 – 200 metre runners in the world) a remarkable achievement. She was ranked 12 times in the 100 metres, 8 times in the long jump and 6 times in the 400 metres (which she took up in 1974). She obtained United Press International Athlete of the Year Award, Female 1974. She won the European Sportsperson of the Year presented by the Polish Press Agency twice in 1966 and 1974. In 1998, Szewińska became a member of the International Olympic Committee. She was the president of the Polish Athletic Association 1997–2009. On 3 August 2005, she was elected as the third woman to the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Council during the first session of the 45th IAAF Congress in Helsinki. She was a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the IAAF Hall of Fame. International competitions 1Representing Europe See also Polish records in athletics Poland at the Summer Olympics List of Poles References External links Jews in Sports KIRSZENSTEIN-SZEWIŃSKA, Irena International Who's Who. accessed 4 September 2006. 1946 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Polish Jews Jewish female athletes (track and field) Polish female sprinters Olympic athletes of Poland Olympic gold medalists for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland International Olympic Committee members Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes from Saint Petersburg Polish female long jumpers European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Soviet emigrants to Poland Polish people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Deaths from cancer in Poland Track & Field