Zbigniew Jaremski (19 June 1949 – 3 January 2011) was a Polish sprinter, who specialized in the

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Career

Jaremski was born in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Si ...

and represented the club

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. He competed in 400 m at the

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and

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, reaching the quarter-finals both times. In the

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he finished fifth with the Polish team at the 1972 Olympic Games. He then won the silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games with his teammates

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, Jan Werner and Jerzy Pietrzyk. Jaremski became Polish champion in the 400 m in 1972, 1973 and 1975.

References

1949 births 2011 deaths Polish male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Zabrze Athletes from Silesian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub