Stanisław Waśkiewicz (9 September 1947;

Drzewica Drzewica is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship. Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica (river), Pilica) ...

– 28 September 2012;

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) was a Polish runner who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. He competed in the 800 metres at the 1969 European Championships, but did not reach the final. He became Polish champion in 1970 and 1972. At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with

Edmund Borowski Edmund Borowski (23 January 1945 – 22 August 2022) was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1966 European Championships he won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay together with Jan Werner, Stanisław G ...

Kazimierz Wardak Kazimierz Wardak (4 March 1947 in Połczyn-Zdrój – 25 October 2020) was a Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Career At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with Edmund Bor ...

and

Eryk Żelazny Eryk Żelazny (born 2 December 1943 in Lubiewo) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with Edmund Borowski, Kazimie ...

. At the 1972 European Indoor Championships he won a bronze medal in 4 x 720 metres relay together with

Zenon Szordykowski Zenon Szordykowski (born 6 July 1947) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres. At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 800 metres relay together with Krzysztof Linkowski, Michał Skowro ...

Krzysztof Linkowski Krzysztof Linkowski is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Biography Linkowski was born on October 26, 1949, in Gryfice, Poland. Legacies At the 1968 European Junior Championships he won a bronze medal in the 800 metres ...

and Andrzej Kupczyk. Waśkiewicz spent the last 15 years of his life living in

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1947 births 2012 deaths Polish male middle-distance runners People from Opoczno County Athletes from Łódź Voivodeship People from Streamwood, Illinois Track and field athletes from Cook County, Illinois Zawisza Bydgoszcz athletes Polish emigrants to the United States Polish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub