Iwona Marcinkiewicz

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Iwona Marcinkiewicz (born 23 May 1975) (maiden name Iwona Dzięcioł) is an athlete from Poland. She competes in archery.

Marcinkiewicz represented Poland at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

At 1996 Summer Olympics she placed 57th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 599. In the first round of elimination, she faced 8th-ranked Kim Kyung-Wook of Korea and lost 157-164 in the 18-arrow match to the future Olympic gold medalist. Dzięcioł finished 33rd in women's individual archery.

Im team competition, together with Joanna Nowicka and Katarzyna Klata, she won with Russia 233-229, then in quarterfinals with Ukraine 242-235; in semifinals lost to Korea 237-245,and in match for third place won with Turkey 244-139, wining a bronze medal.

At 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 28th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 628. In the first round of elimination, she faced 37th-ranked Yukari Kawasaki of Japan. Marcinkiewicz defeated Kawasaki, winning 119-106 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced Zhang Juanjuan of China, losing to the 5th-ranked archer 166-157 in the regulation 18 arrows. She finished 20th in women's individual archery.

Marcinkiewicz was also a member of the 15th-place Polish women's archery team, together with Justyna Mospinek and Małgorzata Sobieraj..