Waldemar Kikolski (21 October 1967 - 1 May 2001) was a paralympic

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from Poland competing mainly in category T11 distance running events.

Biography

Waldemar has successfully competed at three summer paralympics. His first were in Barcelona in

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where he won the B2 class 800m and finished second in the 1500m and 5000m. At the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

he moved up in distance winning the T11 Marathon, second in the 10000m and third in 5000m as well as competing in the 1500m. His third and final appearance came in the

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

where he again won a gold in medal at the marathon but missed out on a medal in the 10000m. Kikolski died in a road accident in

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when he was travelling back from an athletics competition in Italy.

References

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