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Stanisław Grędziński

Personal information
Born	(1945-10-19)19 October 1945 Ostrzyca, Poland
Died	19 January 2022(2022-01-19) (aged 76)
Medal record Men's athletics European Championships 1966 Budapest 400 m 1966 Budapest 4 x 400 m relay 1969 Athens 400 m European Indoor Championships 1970 Vienna 400 m

Stanisław Grędziński (19 October 1945 – 19 January 2022) was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Career

Grędziński was born in Ostrzyca, Poland, and represented the club Górnik Wałbrzych. At the 1964 European Junior Championships he won silver medals in both 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles, as well as a silver medal in the medley relay where he ran the last leg. He became Polish 400 metres champion in 1966 and 1969.

He was successful at the European Championships with a gold medal in 1966 and a silver in 1969, both individually. In the relay he won a gold medal in 1966 and finished fourth in 1969. He also finished fourth in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics. At the 1970 European Indoor Championships the Polish relay team won silver medals. His personal best time was 45.83 seconds, achieved in 1969.

Grędziński died on 19 January 2022, at the age of 77.

References

1. ^ Sports Reference
2. "European Junior Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
3. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "European Junior Championships 1964". World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
4. "Polish Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
5. "European Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
6. "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1966 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
7. "Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1969 Athens (GRE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
8. "1970 European Indoor Championships, men's relay final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
9. Nie żyje Stanisław Grędziński. Były mistrz Europy miał 77 lat, sport.onet.pl (in Polish)

External links

• Stanisław Grędziński at Olympedia
• Stanisław Grędziński at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)

• 1945 births
• 2022 deaths
• Polish male sprinters
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Poland
• People from Krasnystaw County
• European Athletics Championships medalists
• Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship
• Śląsk Wrocław athletes
• 20th-century Polish sportsmen
• Polish Athletics Championships winners