Halina Konopacka
Polish discus thrower and poet
Died when: 88 years 78 days (1058 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Halina Konopacka (Leonarda Kazimiera Konopacka-Matuszewska-Szczerbinska) (26 February 1900 – 28 January 1989) was a Polish athlete.She won the discus throw event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, defeating American silver medal winner Lillian Copeland, breaking her own world record, and becoming the first Polish Olympic champion.
After retiring from athletics she became a writer and poet.She immigrated to the United States after World War II, and died there.
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