Marian Andrzej Dudziak (born 2 February 1941) was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

. He was born in

Wielichowo Wielichowo (german: Wielichowo) is a town in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces ...

and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and

Olimpia Poznań Olimpia Poznań is a Polish multi-sport club from Poznań. It has athletics, archery, basketball, boxing, kendo, judo, swimming, tennis, and triathlon sections. The sections are formally independent of each other, sharing the history and name o ...

. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and Marian Foik. He also competed in the

event, reaching the quarter-final. He achieved his personal best time in the 100 metres in the same year; 10.2 seconds with handtiming.Sports Reference
/ref> He won an individual silver medal in 200 metres at the 1966 European Championships. At the

1967 European Indoor Games The 1967 European Indoor Games were held at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) from 11 March to 12 March 1967. The track used for the championships was 150 metres long. Medal summary Men Women Medal table ...

he finished fifth in the 50 metres race. He also competed in the relay final, but the team did not finish. At the

1968 European Indoor Games The 1968 European Indoor Games were held between 9–10 March 1968 at Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, the capital of Spain. The track used for the championships was 182 metres long. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations ...

he won a silver medal in the medley relay, which he ran with

Edmund Borowski Edmund Borowski (23 January 1945 – 22 August 2022) was a Polish Sprint (running), sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1966 European Athletics Championships, 1966 European Championships he won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 ...

Waldemar Korycki Waldemar Korycki (born 11 August 1946) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was a successful relay runner. At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the short relay and a silver medal in the ...

and

Andrzej Badeński Andrzej Stanisław Badeński (10 May 1943 – 28 September 2008) was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in that event at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in that event at the European ...

. At the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

he finished eighth in the 4 x 100 metres relay and reached the quarter-final in the

event. At the 1971 European Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Gerard Gramse, Tadeusz Cuch and

Zenon Nowosz Zenon Stanisław Nowosz (born 6 February 1944 in Warsaw) is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Nowosz won a bronze me ...

. He became Polish 100 metres champion in 1968 and 200 metres champion in 1966.

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1941 births Living people Polish male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Grodzisk Wielkopolski County European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Greater Poland Voivodeship Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Polish people {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub