Andrzej Wróbel is a

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from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

competing mainly in category T37 distance events. Andrzej has competed at and medaled in three Paralympics. His first games were in

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where he competed in the 100m, 400m and long jump as well as his more usual 5000m on top of winning a bronze in the 1500m and gold in the 800m. In both the

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and

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he competed in the 800m, 1500m and 5000m improving to gold in the 1500m and winning a silver in the 800m in 1996 and defending his 1500m in

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in 2000.

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