Waldemar Malak

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Waldemar Malak Weightlifting
Personal information
Surname: Waldemar Malak
Nationality: PolandPoland Poland
Date of birth: 17th July 1970
Place of birth: Danzig
Date of death: November 13, 1992
Place of death: Wejherowo
Size: 177 cm
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Medals

Waldemar Malak (born July 17, 1970 in Danzig , † November 13, 1992 in Wejherowo ) was a Polish weightlifter .

Athletic career

Malak's first international appearance, at the age of 19, was the 1990 Junior World Championships in Sarajevo , where he was in the 1st heavyweight up to 100 kg with a body weight of 94.25 kg 362.5 kg (170.0 / 192.5 kg ) was able to realize in a duel and thus won silver. The 1991 European championship in Władysławowo was his first senior competition. Here he competed in the middle-heavy weight up to 90 kg, but after 160.0 kg in snatching he could not bring in a valid attempt in the jerk and thus remained unplaced.

At his only world championship in 1991 in Donaueschingen , Malak switched back to the class up to 100 kg and took fourth place with 377.5 kg (172.5 / 205.0 kg). The first placed Igor Sadykov achieved 415.0 kg. At the European Championship in Szekszárd in the same year , Malak increased to 395.0 kg (182.5 / 212.5 kg) in a duel and won the Vice European Championship behind Tymur Tajmasow with 415.0 kg and ahead of Andor Szanyi , who was 392.5 kg raised.

With his performance at the European Championship, Malak had a chance of a podium placement at the 1992 Olympic Games . He was able to achieve this with 400.0 kg (185.0 / 215.0 kg), he won bronze behind Viktor Tregubow with 410.0 kg and Tajmasow with 402.5 kg.

Just a few months after the Olympic Games, Waldemar Malak was killed in a traffic accident on November 13, 1992 at the age of 22. The Waldemar Malak Memorial Tournament is held every year in Gdansk in his honor.

Personal best

  • Tear: 185.0 kg in the class up to 100 kg at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona
  • Bump: 215.0 kg in the up to 100 kg class at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona
  • Duel: 400.0 kg (185.0 / 215.0 kg) in the class up to 100 kg at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MALAK WALDEMAR (1970–1992) http://www.polska-sztanga.h2.pl/modules.php?name=Content7&pa=showpage&pid=32 (accessed on August 22, 2010)
  2. ↑ Waldemar Malak http://www.gdansk.pl/sport,862,10426.html (accessed on August 22, 2010)

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personal data
SURNAME Malak, Waldemar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1992
Place of death Wejherowo