Andrzej Krzesiński (1 October 1927 – 4 November 2024) was a Polish

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. He competed in the men's pole vault at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. Krzesiński was married to 1956 long jump Olympic champion

Elżbieta Duńska Elżbieta or Elžbieta may refer to: * Elżbieta, Lublin Voivodeship, a village in eastern Poland * Elżbieta-Kolonia Elżbieta-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opole Lubelskie, within Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin ...

until her death in 2015, and they competed together at the

. Andrzej Krzesiński died on 4 November 2024, at the age of 97.

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1927 births 2024 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Polish male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Poland Skra Warszawa athletes Polish athletics coaches 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-polevault-athletics-bio-stub