Jerzy Pietrzyk (born 17 April 1955) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. He was born in

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and represented the clubs Górnik Zabrze and Gwardia Warszawa.sports-reference
He became European junior champion in 1973. In 1975 he won the gold medal in 400 metres at the

1975 Summer Universiade The 1975 Summer Universiade, also known as the VIII Summer Universiade, took place in Rome, Italy. The 1975 Universiade only featured athletics, other disciplines having been cancelled, as the original host Yugoslavia was unable to hold the event. ...

. He competed in 400 metres at the

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and

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, reaching the quarter-finals in 1976 and round one in 1980. In the 4 x 400 metres relay he won the silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games with his teammates

Ryszard Podlas File:Ryszard Podlas (9004711791).jpg, Ryszard Podlas Ryszard Podlas (born 29 July 1954) is a Polish Sprint (running), sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was born in Białobrzezie and represented the club Technika Pracze. He won ...

, Jan Werner and

Zbigniew Jaremski Zbigniew Jaremski (19 June 1949 – 3 January 2011) was a Polish sprinter, who specialized in the 400 m. Career Jaremski was born in Zabrze and represented the club Górnik Zabrze. He competed in 400 m at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olymp ...

. He also competed in this event at the

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1955 births Living people Polish male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Warsaw Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{poland-Olympic-medalist-stub