Wiesław Maniak
Wiesław Jan Maniak (born May 22, 1938 in Lwów , Poland , † June 28, 1982 in Kurtschatow , Kursk Oblast , Soviet Union) was a Polish athlete . With a height of 1.71 m, his competition weight was 74 kg.
His first start in a major international championship Maniak completed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo . In the 100-meter run , he reached the final and finished fourth as the best European in 10.4 s. He also reached the finals with the Polish 4 x 100 meter relay . In the line-up of Andrzej Zieliński , Wiesław Maniak, Marian Foik and Marian Dudziak , they won silver in 39.3 s after the final photo decision before the tied French relay, only the US relay was not available.
At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , Maniak was able to confirm his reputation as the best European sprinter. He won the 100-meter title in 10.5 seconds ahead of the French Roger Bambuck and Claude Piquemal, who crossed the finish line at the same time . The Polish relay did not reach the final because Marian Dudziak injured himself on the back straight.
In 1968 at the European Indoor Games in Madrid Maniak reached 4th place over 50 meters. At the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 , Maniak was eliminated in the 100-meter run. The Polish relay qualified for the final in 38.99 s, but only finished eighth and last in 39.22 s.
In 1971 at the European Championships in Helsinki Maniak stepped again over 100 meters, but was eliminated in the run-up and was therefore not used in the relay.
In 1965 Maniak won the Polish national championships over 100 meters and over 200 meters. He was also Polish champion in 1966, 1967 and 1971 over 100 meters. His Polish record of 1965 with 10.1 s over 100 meters was only beaten in 1984 by Marian Voronin .
He died on a business trip to build a power plant in the USSR. He was buried in Warsaw in the Wawrzyszewski cemetery.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics . Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maniak, Wiesław |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maniak, Wiesław Jan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lwów |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1982 |
| Place of death | Kurchatov , Kursk Oblast , Soviet Union |