Maria Kwaśniewska

Maria Jadwiga Kwaśniewska - Maleszewska ( born August 15, 1913 in Łódź, † October 17, 2007 in Warsaw) was a Polish athlete.

In 1927, she joined the sports club HKS Łódź Łódź to ŁKS. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, she won with 41.80 m bronze medal in the javelin. Three years later, she moved to AZS Warszawa before the Second World War interrupted its further exercise. After the war ended in 1945 she trained at DKS Lodz and moved a year later again to AZS Warszawa.

It was 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939 and 1946 Polish champion in the javelin. In 1936 she improved the Polish record in the javelin at 44.03 meters. This land record was surpassed only in 1952. At a height of 1.65 m her competition weight was 56 kg.