Danuta Perka (née Wołosz; born 22 June 1956) is a Polish female former track and field hurdler who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles. She was a two-time national champion in the 60 metres hurdles, winning the Polish title in 1977 and 1983.Polish Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
From Korsze, she was a highly ranked athlete during her career, placing within the season's top ten hurdlers based on time between 1977 and 1981. Her personal best of 12.65 seconds came in Mexico City in 1979.Danuta Wolosz. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-04. She was a member of Gwardia Warsaw during her career.Poland 100 metres hurdles. PZLA. Retrieved 2018-02-04. Perka changed her competitive name after marrying fellow athlete Wlodzimierz Perka.
Perka competed when Polish athletes were prominent in hurdling; she took the 60 metres hurdles gold medal at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships ahead of compatriot and former champion Grażyna Rabsztyn,European Indoor Championships (women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04. while at the 1979 Summer Universiade she was runner-up to fellow Pole Lucyna Langer in the 100 m hurdles. As of 2017, her time of 12.66 remained the fastest ever non-winning time at the competition and the fourth fastest of any finalist, after Langer, Monique Éwanjé-Épée and Vashti Thomas.World Student Games (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04. She was the B Final winner of the hurdles at the 1981 European Cup.European Cup B Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
International competitions 1977European Indoor ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain5th60 m hurdles8.421979European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria1st60 m hurdles7.95UniversiadeMexico City, Mexico2nd100 m hurdles12.661981European Cup B FinalPescara, Italy1st100 m hurdles13.12
National titles Polish Indoor Athletics Championships 60 m hurdles: 1977, 1983
See also List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
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