Marian Woronin

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Marian Woronin
Marian Woronin 2012.jpg
Marian Woronin 2012.
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 010
World Championships 000
World Indoor Championships 000
European Indoor Championships 500
World Cup 102
European Cup 311
Total1023
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Moscow 4 × 100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1978 Prague 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1982 Athens 100 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Vienna 60 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Sindelfingen 60 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Grenoble 50 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Milan 60 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Liévin 60 m
European Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Turin 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Zurich 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Moscow 100 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1979 Turin 100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 Turin 200 m
Representing Europe (orthographic projection).svg Europe
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Rome 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 Montreal 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1979 Montreal 100 m

Marian Jerzy Woronin (born 13 August 1956 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki) is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres. He won nine Polish outdoor titles, and nine indoor titles.

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Career

His first major medal came at the 1978 European Athletics Championships, where he anchored the Polish 4 × 100 metres relay team of Zenon Nowosz, Zenon Licznerski and Leszek Dunecki to the gold medal in the event. He won the bronze in the 100 m at the 1979 IAAF World Cup, running for Europe.

He competed for Poland in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the 100 and 200 he reached both finals finishing seventh in both sprints. In the 4 × 100 metres relay he won the silver medal with his teammates Krzysztof Zwoliński, Licznerski and Dunecki.

In 1981 he ran with the Polish/Europe sprint relay team that won the gold at the 1981 IAAF World Cup in Rome. He won a bronze in the 100 metres at the 1982 European Athletics Championships.

His fastest time for the 100 m was 10.00 seconds, recorded in 1984 in Warsaw with wind on the maximum allowable limit of 2.0  m/s. This was the European record for the event until Linford Christie ran 9.97 sec at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Although Woronin's official timing read as 10.00 seconds, this was rounded up from 9.992 seconds – so this represents the first time that a Caucasian (and a European) broke the 10-second barrier in this event, albeit unofficially. [1]

Woronin's personal best in the 200 m was 20.49.

International competitions

Representing Flag of Poland.svg  Poland & Europe
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResultNotes
1974 European Championships Rome, Italy 19th (h)100 m 10.77
25th (h)200 m 21.60
1975 European Indoor Championships Katowice, Poland 4th60 m 6.76
European Junior Championships Athens, Greece 3rd100 m10.55
6th200 m21.65
4th4 × 100 m40.57
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 16th (sf)100 m 10.69
29th (h)200 m 21.90
4th4 × 100 m 38.83
1977 European Indoor Championships San Sebastián, Spain 3rd60 m 6.67
1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 4th60 m 6.75
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 9th (sf)100 m 10.54
1st4 × 100 m 38.58
1979 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st60 m 6.57
World Cup Montreal, Canada 3rd100 m 10.28 Europe
3rd4 × 100 m 38.85 Europe
1980 European Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, West Germany 1st60 m 6.62
Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 7th100 m 10.46
7th200 m 20.81
2nd4 × 100 m 38.33
1981 European Indoor Championships Grenoble, France 1st50 m 5.65
World Cup Rome, Italy 1st4 × 100 m 38.73 Europe
1982 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 1st60 m 6.61
European Championships Athens, Greece 3rd100 m 10.28
5th4 × 100 m 39.00
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 31st (qf)100 m 10.72
6th4 × 100 m 38.72
1984 Friendship Games Moscow, Soviet Union 16th (h)100 m 10.66
3rd4 × 100 m 38.81
1985 World Cup Canberra, Australia 7th100 m 10.45 Europe
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany –100 m DNF
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 1st60 m 6.51

References

Records
Preceded by European Record Holder Men's 100 m
9 June 1984 - 23 September 1988		Succeeded by
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