Zdzisław Szlapkin (born 18 January 1961 in

Chodzież Chodzież () is a town in northwestern Poland with 17,976 inhabitants as of December 2021, seat of the Chodzież County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Geography Chodzież is located in the northern part of Greater Poland (western Poland), i ...

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) is a male former

racewalker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

from

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, who represented his native country at the

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. He set his personal best (1:20.52) in the men's 20 km walk event in 1988.

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1961 births Living people Polish male race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Chodzież Athletes from Greater Poland Voivodeship Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Polish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub