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Dorota Kwaśna

Polish sportsperson

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ9210211 ↗
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Dorota Kwaśna (born 11 September 1972) is a Polish former cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best career finish of eighth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Lillehammer in 1994 and her best individual finish of 21st in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit.

Kwaśna's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 17th twice (1993: 30 km, 1995: 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit). Her best World Cup finish was 17th in an individual sprint event in Germany in 1996.

Kwaśna's best career finish was third in four FIS races at distances up to 10 km from 1997 to 2001.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972, 1992, 2002, 1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1972-09-11. The account is most persuasive where Dorota, Kwaśna and Polish can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as polish sportsperson. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9210211. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972, 1992, 2002 and 1994.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dorota Kwaśna” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.