Marian Dudziak

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Marian Dudziak
Medal record
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1964 Tokyo 4 x 100 m relay
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1966 Budapest 200 metres
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1971 Helsinki 4 x 100 metres relay
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1968 Madrid Medley relay

Marian Andrzej Dudziak (born 2 February 1941) is a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

He was born in Wielichowo and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and Marian Foik. He also competed in the 100 metres event, reaching the quarter-final. He achieved his personal best time in the 100 metres in the same year; 10.2 seconds with handtiming. [1]

He won an individual silver medal in 200 metres at the 1966 European Championships. [2] At the 1967 European Indoor Games he finished fifth in the 50 metres race. [3] He also competed in the relay final, but the team did not finish. [4] At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the medley relay, which he ran with Edmund Borowski, Waldemar Korycki and Andrzej Badeński. [5] At the 1968 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the 4 x 100 metres relay and reached the quarter-final in the 100 metres event. [1] At the 1971 European Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Gerard Gramse, Tadeusz Cuch and Zenon Nowosz. [6]

He became Polish 100 metres champion in 1968 and 200 metres champion in 1966. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Sports Reference
  2. "European Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. "1967 European Indoor Games, men's 50 metres final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  4. "1967 European Indoor Games, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  5. "1968 European Indoor Games, men's medley relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  6. "Men 4x100m Relay European Championships 1971 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  7. "Polish Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 May 2011.