Tadeusz Ślusarski

Tadeusz Ślusarski (19 May 1950 in Żary – 17 August 1998 on the E65 road near Ostromice) was a Polish Olympic gold medalist in pole vault at the 1976 Olympics, as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics (behind another Polish champion Władysław Kozakiewicz).

Tadeusz Ślusarski
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 MontrealPole vault
Silver medal – second place 1980 MoscowPole vault
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1974 GothenburgPole vault
Gold medal – first place1978 MilanPole vault
Tadeusz Ślusarski's grave

He died in a car crash together with the Polish shot put gold medalist from the 1972 Munich Olympics, Władysław Komar.[1]

Competition record edit

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Poland
1972Olympic GamesMunich, Germany11th (q)5.00 m[2]
1974European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden1st5.35 m
European ChampionshipsRome, Italy7th5.20 m
1976Olympic GamesMontreal, Canada1st5.50 m
1977UniversiadeSofia, Bulgaria2nd5.50 m
1978European Indoor ChampionshipsMilan, Italy1st5.45 m
1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union2nd5.65 m
1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece12th5.35 m
1983European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5th5.50 m
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland4th5.55 m

References edit

  1. ^ Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2012). The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition. London: Aurum Press. p. 225. ISBN 978 1 84513 695 6.
  2. ^ No mark in the final.

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