Marian Zieliński

Marian Zieliński (born December 24, 1929 in Chełm ; † October 13, 2005 in Warsaw ) was a Polish weightlifter .

Career

Marian Zieliński attended a lyceum in Warsaw and then joined the army. There he began lifting weights in 1950 at the age of 21. It was relatively light and only started at featherweight (up to 60 kg body weight) and later grew into lightweight (up to 67.5 kg body weight). The Polish national coach Klemens Roguski noticed him because of his good performances in regional competitions . In the next few years he looked after Zieliński who was delegated to the WKS Legia Warsaw association. In addition to Roguski, the coaches Augustyn Dziedzic , Josef Stychynski and Karol Czarkowski also made great contributions to Zieliński's development. He was twice world champion, three times European champion and won three Olympic medals. His duels with his Polish compatriot Waldemar Baszanowski were outstanding . The captain in the Polish army, who was active until he was 39 years old, was married to Jadwiga Nientarowicz and had 2 sons and a daughter.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, Fe = featherweight, Le = lightweight)

• 1955, 1st place , World Youth Festival, Fe, with 322.5 kg, in front of Kirshon, USSR , 317.5 kg;
• 1955, 5th place , WM + EM in Munich , Fe, with 317.5 kg, behind Rafael Tschimischkian , USSR, 350 kg, Iwan Udodow , USSR, 345 kg, Ali Mahgoub, Egypt , 327.5 kg and Sebastiano Mannironi , Italy, 325 kg, EM valuation: 4th place ;
• 1956, 3rd place , EM in Helsinki , Fe, with 325 kg, behind Tschimischkian, 340 kg and Mannironi, 325 kg;
• 1956, bronze medal , OS in Melbourne , Fe, with 335 kg, behind Isaac Berger , USA , 352.5 kg and Evgeni Minajew , USSR, 342.5 kg;
• 1957, 3rd place , EM in Katowice , Le, with 347.5 kg, behind Rafael Chabudtinow , USSR, 375 kg and Jan Czepułkowski , Poland, 352.5 kg;
• 1957, 2nd place , Grand Prix of Moscow , Fe, with 345 kg, behind Minajew, 355 kg;
• 1957, 5th place , World Championships in Tehran , Fe, with 337.5 kg, behind Minajew, 362.5 kg, Mannironi, 352.5 kg, Berger, 350 kg and Furuyama, Japan , 342.5 kg;
• 1958, 2nd place , military Spartakiade in Leipzig , Fe, with 340 kg, behind Minajew, 365 kg;
• 1959, 1st place , WM + EM in Warsaw , with 365 kg, Fe, ahead of Berger, 362.5 kg and Mannironi, 350 kg;
• 1960, 1st place , EM in Milan , Fe, with 377.5 kg, Le, ahead of Mustafa Jagly-Ogly , USSR, 375 kg and Zdenek Otahal , Czechoslovakia , 355 kg;
• 1960, 4th place , OS in Rome , Le, with 375 kg, behind Wiktor Buschujew , USSR, 397.5 kg, Tan Howe Liang , Singapore , 380 kg, Abdulwahid Aziz, Iraq, 380 kg and in front of Waldemar Baszanowski , Poland , 370 kg;
• 1961, 3rd place , WM + EM in Vienna , Le, with 395 kg, behind Baszanowski, 402.5 kg and Sergei Lopatin , USSR, 400 kg;
• 1962, 3rd place , WM + EM in Budapest , Le, with 405 kg, behind Wladimir Kaplunow , USSR, 415 kg and Baszanowski, 412.5 kg;
• 1963, 1st place , WM + EM in Stockholm , Le, with 417.5 kg, ahead of Baszanowski, 410 kg and Kaplunow, 410 kg;
• 1964, bronze medal , OS in Tokyo , Le, with 420 kg, behind Baszanlowski, 432.5 kg and Kaplunow, 432.5 kg;
• 1965, 2nd place , World Championships in Tehran , Le, with 425 kg, behind Baszanowski, 427.5 kg and in front of Kaplunow, 412.5 kg;
• 1966, 2nd place , WM + EM in Berlin , Le, with 410 kg, behind Yevgeni Kazura , USSR, 437.5 kg and in front of Parviz Jalayer, Iran , 405 kg;
• 1968, 2nd place , EM in Leningrad , Le, with 405 kg, behind Baszanowski, 425 kg and in front of Tilew, Bulgaria , 402.5 kg;
• 1968, bronze medal , OS in Mexico City , Le, with 420 kg, behind Baszanowski, 427.5 kg and Jalayer, 422.5 kg.

Polish championships

• 1954, 1st place, Fe, with 287.5 kg,
• 1958, 1st place, Fe, with 347.5 kg,
• 1959, 1st place, Le, with 370 kg,
• 1960, 1st place, Le, with 380 kg,
• 1961, 1st place, Le, with 375 kg,
• 1962, 1st place, Le, with 380 kg,
• 1963, 2nd place, Le, with 395 kg,
• 1964, 2nd place, Le, with 420 kg,
• 1966, 1st place, Le, with 420 kg,
• 1967, 2nd place, Le, with 395 kg,
• 1968, 2nd place, Le, with 410 kg,
• 1969, 3rd place, Le, with 400 kg.

World records

in two-armed tearing:

• 112.5 kg, 1958 in Stockholm, Fe,
• 113.5 kg, 1959 in Warsaw, Fe.

in two-armed thrusting:

• 167.5 kg, 1964 in Danzig , Le.

in the Olympic three-way battle:

• 417.5 kg, 1963 in Stockholm, Le.

Web links

• Marian Zielinski in Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century