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{{short description|Polish long-distance runner}}
'''Dorota Gruca''', married '''Giezek''' (born 5 December 1970 in [[Tarnogród]]) is a Polish [[marathon race|marathon runner]], who is a three-time [[National champions 5000 metres (women)#Poland|national champion in the women's 5.000 metres]].
She finished thirteenth at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Marathon|2005 World Championships]], in a career best time of 2:27:46 hours. She also competed at the World Half Marathon Championships in [[1995 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1995]], [[1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1996]], [[1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|1998]], [[2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2000]] and [[2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|2008]]
==Achievements==
*<small>All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise</small>
{| {{AchievementTable}}
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!colspan="5"|Representing {{POL}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[Salt Lake City Marathon]]
|[[Salt Lake City]], United States
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|2:30:07
|-
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|13th
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon|2:27:46]]
|-
|2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
|30th
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|2:33:32]]
|}
==See also==
*[[Polish records in athletics]]
==References==
*{{World Athletics}}
*[http://marathoninfo.free.fr/athletes/pologne/gruca.htm marathoninfo]
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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Polish female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Poland]]
[[Category:People from Biłgoraj County]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Polish female marathon runners]]
[[Category:Olympic female marathon runners]]
[[Category:20th-century Polish sportswomen]]
[[Category:21st-century Polish sportswomen]]
[[Category:Polish Athletics Championships winners]]
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