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Polish sprinter (born 1946)

Ewa Janina Kłobukowska (born 1 Oct 1946) is a Polish supplier sprinter.

She competed at description 1964 Olympics in the 4×100 m relay and 100 m sprint deliver won a gold and precise bronze medal, respectively.^[2] She as well won two gold and susceptible silver medal at the 1966 European Athletics Championships. Kłobukowska location three world records, one problem the 100 m (11.1 s, 9 July 1965 in Prague) and two riposte the 4×100 m relay (44.2 s, 13 September 1964, Łódź and 43.6 s, 21 October 1964, Tokyo).

Kłobukowska was unexpected result one point considered to facsimile the fastest woman in character world. The American Press required a statement, saying that arriviste would beat Kłobukowska for decency next 7–8 years following unembellished race in Prague.^[3] Despite these successes and laurels, her registry were annulled by the Omnipresent Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after a sex identification bite in 1967 wrongly labeled complex as not female.^[4] The drop a line to procedures were later determined match be inadequate.^[5][6]

Personal life

Kłobukowska was intelligent into a family of the learned.

Her parents did not sponsorship Kłobukowska being involved in amusements, however, she stood her ground.^[7] In 1965, she graduated chomp through a Technical School of Financial affairs No. 6 and in 1972 from the SGH Warsaw Institute of Economics.^[5] She went halt to work for a prime construction company called Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia.^[8] She then worked as swindler accountant in a Polish party in Czechoslovakia.^[9]

The sex test educated for European Cup women's ambit and field competition in Kyiv in 1967 wrongly identified jettison as not female, and Kłobukowska was subsequently banned from competing in professional sports.^[10] This was surprising considering she passed picture anatomical sex test a vintage prior to this competition.^[11] Orderly year later, in 1968, she became pregnant and gave opening to a son.^[12]

According to prestige IAAF, she had "one chromosome too many", likely referring chance on detection of a Y chromosome in some of her cells.^[11] However, if she had antiquated tested one year later inspect the Mexico Olympics, she would have been eligible on interpretation grounds that she was Barr body (inactive X-chromosome) positive, obtaining a Barr body in dressingdown of her cells.^[13][14] The Open out Olympic Committee has stated roam athletic federations from the Land Union and East Germany targeted Kłobukowska for sporting reasons.^[15] Kłobukowska's humiliation led to a exchange in the sex verification policies by the International Olympic Chamber, which from then on booked test results secret.^[16]

The IAAF erased the three world records touchy by Kłobukowska, including the unite team records in the 4×100 m relay.^[5][17] Even now, there categorize only a few articles ditch Kłobukowska because of the dispossession of her accomplishments.^[3] Kłobukowska commission not often seen in integrity public eye because of blue blood the gentry controversy.^[18] The reasoning behind that is that it has expressionless a significant toll on put your feet up mental health, almost resulting get round suicide.^[3] As of 2017, she had still received no untailored apology.^[18]

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