Andrzej Franciszek Zieliński (20 August 1936 – 8 December 2021) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

Career

Zieliński was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 20 August 1936. He competed for Poland in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

held in Tokyo,

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, where he won the silver medal with his teammates

Wiesław Maniak Wiesław Jan Maniak (22 May 1938 – 28 May 1982) was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 m sprint. He competed for Poland at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo ...

, Marian Foik and Marian Dudziak. Zieliński died on 8 December 2021, at the age of 85.Nie żyje Andrzej Zieliński

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* 1936 births 2021 deaths Polish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Poland Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Warsaw European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Polish sportsmen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub