Katarzyna Kowalska (born 7 April 1985 in Lipno) is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

[1] She ran at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships in the under-23 race, and although she finished ninth, she headed Poland to the team silver medal.

She made her first global appearance for Poland at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics later that year, getting eliminated in the heats stage.

[1] In December, she won the individual and team bronze medals in the under-23 competition at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships.

Having recorded a new personal best time of 9:26.93 in the heats, Kowalska reached her first global senior final at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and finished in twelfth place.