Adam Smelczyński (14 September 1930 – 14 June 2021) was a Polish trap shooter who competed at six Olympics between 1956 and 1976, winning one silver medal in

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. He was born in

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, Poland. Along with Bill McMillan, he was the second shooter to compete at six Olympics, after Frans Lafortune (the Theofilakis brothers Alexandros and

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competed at six Olympics only if the unofficial 1906 Games are counted). He came third in trap shooting at the World Championships in 1967. He won the European trap shooting championships in 1972 and 1976, and came third in 1974 and 1975.

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* * * 1930 births 2021 deaths Polish male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Częstochowa Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-sportshooting-bio-stub

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