Karolina Tymińska (born 4 October 1984) is a Polish heptathlete. She has represented Poland twice at the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012) and three times at the World Championships in Athletics (2007, 2009 and 2011). She is the bronze medalist in the heptathlon from the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, having originally come fourth in the event before the disqualification, in 2016, of Tatyana Chernova.
Tymińska also regularly competes in the indoor pentathlon event: at the IAAF World Indoor Championships she placed fourth in 2012 and sixth in both 2008 and 2010.
Her personal best in indoor pentathlon result is 4769 points, achieved in July 2008 in Spała. In heptathlon her personal best result is 6544 achieved in August 2011 in Daegu.
She won the European Cup Combined Events title in 2013 with a score of 6347 points, defeating Hanna Melnychenko and setting a javelin throw best of 42.40 m.Mayer and Tyminska win in Tallinn as France take team title – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF (2013-06-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-02. She placed second at the Decastar meeting with 6288 points.van Kuijen, Hans (2013-09-15). Warner and Melnychenko win in Talence – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-21.
Achievements Representing 2001World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary8thHeptathlon (youth)5023 pts2005European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain8thPentathlon4374 ptsEuropean U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany —HeptathlonDNF2006Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria6thHeptathlon6234 ptsEuropean Championships Gothenburg, Sweden17 (q)Long jump6.34 m–HeptathlonDNF2007European Indoor Championships Birmingham, England7thPentathlon4494 ptsHypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria9thHeptathlon6164 ptsWorld Championships Osaka, Japan15thHeptathlon6092 pts2008World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain6thPentathlon4580 ptsHypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria4thHeptathlon6351 ptsOlympic Games Beijing, PR China7thHeptathlon6428 pts2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy5thPentathlon4542 ptsWorld Championships Berlin, Germany–HeptathlonDNF2010World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar6thPentathlon4575 ptsEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain5thHeptathlon6230 pts2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France4thPentathlon4612 ptsWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea3rdHeptathlon6544 pts2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey4thPentathlon4725 ptsOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom –HeptathlonDNF2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia9thHeptathlon6270 pts2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland8thPentathlon4557 ptsEuropean ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland11thHeptathlon6132 pts2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China20thHeptathlon5948 pts
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