Marek Gołąb
Marek Gołąb (born May 7, 1940 in Zakliczyn near Brzesko , † October 6, 2017 in Wrocław ) was a Polish weightlifter .
Life
Gołąb trained as a mechanic and attended the technical center in Wroclaw . As a teenager, he first operational Athletics and among other things he achieved the shot put widths of up to 14.50 m. As a track and field athlete he started for LZS Bytom . After discovering his talent for weightlifting , he moved to Śląsk Wrocław , the club he was a member of from 1957 to 1973. There he became a world-class weightlifter thanks to his trainer Klemens Roguski. Gołąb was a member of the Polish weightlifting team from 1962 to 1972 and achieved many successes. The greatest success of the 1.78 m tall and approx. 90 kg heavy athlete was winning the Olympic bronze medal in Mexico City in 1968 . After his playing days, he followed the path of many former athletes. He became a coach and held this post from 1972 to 1988 at WKS Śląsk Wrocław and from 1989 in the Polish Weightlifting Association.
International success
(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Ms = middle heavyweight)
- 1964, 3rd place , EM in Moscow , Ms, with 440 kg, behind Wladimir Golowanow , USSR , 480 kg and Arpad Nemessanyi, Hungary , 450 kg;
- 1965, 1st place , Baltic Cup in Danzig , Ms, with 455 kg, ahead of Jaakko Kailajärvi , Finland , 450 kg and Jouni Kailajärvi , Finland, 445 kg;
- 1965, 5th place , World Championships in Tehran , Ms, with 452.5 kg;
- 1965, 4th place , EM in Sofia , Ms, with 450 kg;
- 1966, 2nd place , Baltic Cup, Ms, with 465 kg, behind Jaan Talts , USSR, 472.5 kg and in front of Golowanow, 455 kg;
- 1966, 3rd place , WM in Berlin , Ms, with 475 kg, behind Géza Tóth , Hungary , 487.5 kg, Ireneusz Paliński , Poland , 477.5 kg and in front of Jouni Kailajärvi, Finland , 465 kg;
- 1968, bronze medal , OS in Mexico City , Ms, with 495 kg, behind Kaarlo Kangasniemi , Finland, 517.5 kg, Talts, 507.5 kg and in front of Bo Johansson , Sweden , 492.5 kg;
- 1970, 1st place , Baltic Cup, Ms, with 475 kg, ahead of Bernd Rolser , Germany , 452.5 kg and Saarelainen, Finland, 450 kg;
- 1970, 5th place , World Cup in Columbus / USA , Ms, with 485 kg, behind Wassili Kolotow , USSR, 537.5 kg, Phil Grippaldi , USA, 490 kg, Géza Tóth, Hungary, 490 kg and van Lerberghe, Belgium, 487.5 kg.
Polish championships
- 1963, 3rd place, Ls, with 395 kg,
- 1966, 2nd place, Ms, with 465 kg,
- 1967, 1st place, Ms, with 485 kg.
World record
- 168.5 kg, 1968 in Bialograd, Ms.
He also achieved eleven Polish records.
Individual proof
Web links
- Marek Gołąb in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gołąb, Marek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish weightlifter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zakliczyn near Brzesko |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 2017 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |