Wiesław Hartman (23 October 1950 – 24 November 2021) was a Polish

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equestrian, Olympic medallist.

Life and career

Hartman was born in

Kwidzyn Kwidzyn (pronounced ; german: Marienwerder; Latin: ''Quedin''; Old Prussian: ''Kwēdina'') is a town in northern Poland on the Liwa River, with 38,553 inhabitants (2018). It is the capital of Kwidzyn County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Geogra ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, on 23 October 1950. He participated at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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, where he won a silver medal in team jumping."1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Equestrian"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 28 October 2008) Hartman died on 24 November 2021, at the age of 71.

References

1950 births 2021 deaths Olympic silver medalists for Poland Equestrians at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of Poland Polish male equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian People from Kwidzyn Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Polish people {{Poland-equestrian-bio-stub