Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska

Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska, who came from a skiing family, competed in Alpine skiing at the 1956 and 1964 Winter Olympics. Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska was a six-time Polish champion and won 17 silver medals at the Polish nationals. She also competed at the 1958 World Championships, where she was 27th in downhill. She later worked as a skiing coach with Wisła-Gwardia Zakopane.

Her brother, Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel, was a ski jumper at the 1956 Cortina Winter Olympics. Another brother, Józef Gąsienica Daniel, competed in Nordic combined at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics, while her sister, Helena Gąsienica Daniel, skied cross-country at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Winter Games.