Leszek Wodzyński

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Grave of Leszek Wodzyński in the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw

Leszek Wodzyński (born February 16, 1946 in Warsaw ; † September 18, 1999 there ) was a Polish hurdler who specialized in the 110-meter distance .

Athletic career

At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he was sixth.

At the European Athletics Indoor Championships he was fifth in the 60 m hurdles in 1973 in Rotterdam and fourth in 1974 in Gothenburg .

His greatest successes were winning the bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships in Rome in 1974 , where he ran behind the Belgian Guy Drut and his younger brother Mirosław Wodzyński , and winning the 60 m hurdles at the European Indoor Championships in 1975 in Katowice.

He was Polish champion over 110 m hurdles four times (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976).

Personal bests

  • 60 m hurdles (hall): 7.69 s, March 9, 1975, Katowice
  • 110 m hurdles: 13.64 s, July 18, 1974, Warsaw

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ gbrathletics: Polish Championships
personal data
SURNAME Wodzyński, Leszek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish hurdler
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1999
Place of death Warsaw