Marian Jerzy Woronin (born 13 August 1956 in

Grodzisk Mazowiecki Grodzisk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 29,363 inhabitants (2011). It is 30 km. southwest of Warsaw. Between 1975 and 1998 it was situated in the Warszawa Voivodeship but since 1999 it has been situated in the Masovian Voivodesh ...

) is a retired

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athlete who competed mainly 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 is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior ath ...

. He won nine Polish outdoor titles, and nine indoor titles. His first major medal came at the

1978 European Athletics Championships The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given ...

, where he anchored the Polish 4×100 metres relay team of

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 ...

, Zenon Licznerski and Leszek Dunecki to the gold medal in the event. He won the bronze in the 100 m at the

1979 IAAF World Cup The 2nd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on August 24–26, 1979, at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canad ...

, running for Europe. He competed for Poland in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union in the 100 and 200 he reached both finals finishing seventh in both sprints. In the 4×100 metres relay he won the silver medal with his teammates

Krzysztof Zwoliński Krzysztof Zwoliński (born 2 January 1959 in Krapkowice) was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a Polish 60 metre indoor champion in 1986. He competed for Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Unio ...

, Licznerski and Dunecki. In 1981 he ran with the Polish/Europe sprint relay team that won the gold at the

1981 IAAF World Cup The 3rd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 4–6, 1981, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Overall results M ...

in Rome. He won a bronze in the 100 metres at the

1982 European Athletics Championships The 13th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 September to 12 September 1982 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men's results Compl ...

. His fastest time for the 100 m was 10.00 seconds, recorded in 1984 in

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with wind on the maximum allowable limit of 2.0 m/s. This was the European record for the event until

Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World ...

ran 9.97 sec at the

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Although Woronin's official timing read as 10.00 seconds, this was rounded up from 9.992 seconds – so this represents the first time that a Caucasian (and a European) broke the

10-second barrier The 10-second barrier is the physical and psychological barrier of completing the 100 metres sprint in under ten seconds. The achievement is traditionally regarded as the hallmark of a world-class male sprinter. Its significance has become less i ...

in this event, albeit unofficially.Błąd w odczycie wyniku Justina Gatlina
/ref> Woronin's personal best in the 200 m was 20.49.

Competition record

¹Representing Europe

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Woronin, Marian 1956 births Polish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Living people People from Grodzisk Mazowiecki European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Legia Warsaw athletes Friendship Games medalists in athletics