Tomasz Bernard Zieliński (; born 29 October 1990 in

Nakło nad Notecią Nakło nad Notecią (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Nakel an der Netze) is a town in northern Poland on the river Noteć with 23,687 inhabitants (2007). It is the seat of Nakło County, and also of Gmina Nakło nad Notecią, situated in the Kuya ...

) is a Polish weightlifter. He won gold at the 2016 European Championships in the −94 kg category.

Personal life

Zieliński was born 29 October 1990 in

. He is the brother of

Adrian Zieliński Adrian Edward Zieliński (; born 28 March 1989) is a Polish weightlifter. He is the 2012 Olympic champion in the men's 85 kg category. Personal life Adrian Edward Zieliński was born on 28 March 1989 in Nakło nad Notecią. He is the br ...

, who is also a weightlifter.

Career

Zieliński represented Poland at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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. He placed 9th in the men's 94 kg event but was eventually awarded the bronze medal as 6 athletes ahead him tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs when their 2012 samples were retested in 2016. Competing in the −94 kg category, Zieliński won silver at the 2014 European Championships in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

and gold at the 2016 European Championships in

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. He was included in Poland's squad to the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

after the national weightlifting federation's board over-ruled its own president,

Szymon Kołecki Szymon Piotr Kołecki (; born 12 October 1981) is a Polish former Olympic Champion weightlifter and current mixed martial artist. He was the silver medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and a gold medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in B ...

, who had wanted him off the team after Zieliński decided to train outside the federation's framework. At the Olympics in Rio, Zieliński tested positive for

spironolactone Spironolactone, sold under the brand name Aldactone among others, is a medication that is primarily used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease. It is also used in the treatment of high blood pressure ...

and was sent home.

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