Ryszard Garnys (born 8 March 1947) is a retired

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. He was born in

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and represented the club

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. He finished fourth at the 1966 European Junior Championships, and fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Championships, only five centimetres behind bronze medalist

Bernard Lamitié Bernard Lamitié (born 27 June 1946 in Paris) is a retired French triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the tw ...

. He finished eleventh at the 1974 European Championships. His best result at the Polish Championships was a silver medal, achieved in 1971. His personal best jump was 16.52 metres, achieved in 1974 in

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1947 births Living people People from Łódź East County Polish male triple jumpers Sportspeople from Łódź Voivodeship {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub