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Wanda Panfil

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Wanda Marianna Panfil-González (born 26 January 1959 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki) is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who won the world title in the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan. She was married to Mexican long-distance runner Mauricio González. Panfil twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics; in 1988 when she finished 22nd with a 2:34:35, and in 1992 when she finished in 22nd position with a 2:47:27 in the women's marathon. During her career she won the London Marathon, the Boston Marathon, the New York City Marathon and the Nagoya Marathon. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Wanda Panfil is the 2,772nd most popular athlete (down from 2,573rd in 2024), the 1,365th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,353rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wanda Panfil ranks 2,772 out of 6,025. Before her are Kim Young-ho, Vasyl Arkhypenko, Tapio Korjus, Mark McKoy, Daniel Martínez, and Robert Wangila. After her are Tero Pitkämäki, Donald Thomas, Abdi Bile, Tapio Sipilä, Naoko Takahashi, and Yaroslav Rybakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Wanda Panfil ranks 648. Before her are Finola Hughes, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Gabriel Jaime Gómez Jaramillo, Wilmar Cabrera, and Ursula Konzett. After her are Carlos I. Noriega, Oleg Vasiliev, Michael Glawogger, Mourad Amara, Eileen Davidson, and Irina Kalinina.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wanda Panfil ranks 1,365 out of 1,694. Before her are Łukasz Kubot (1982), Zdzisław Kapka (1954), Thomas Mitchell (null), Tomasz Wałdoch (1971), Robert Więckiewicz (1967), and Tomasz Radzinski (1973). After her are Sławomir Skrzypek (1963), Andrzej Kubica (1972), Magda Linette (1992), Zbigniew Spruch (1965), Janina Ochojska (1955), and Sebastian Boenisch (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Wanda Panfil ranks 64. Before her are Celina Jesionowska (1933), Anita Włodarczyk (1985), Robert Felisiak (1962), Jerzy Rybicki (1953), Lucjan Lis (1950), and Thomas Mitchell (null). After her are Tomasz Tomiak (1967), Lucyna Langer (1956), Zdzisław Hoffmann (1959), Włodzimierz Zawadzki (1967), Urszula Kielan (1960), and Bogdan Musioł (1957).

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