Andrzej Kupczyk (born 26 October 1948) is a retired

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runner who specialized in the

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/ref> In this event he finished sixth at the 1969 European Championships, and fifth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships, and won a bronze medal at the 1971 European Indoor Championships. Nationally Kupczyk won the Polish titles in the 800 m in 1971 and 1973, and in the 1500 m in 1970. His best personal best time was 1:46.3 minutes, achieved in July 1972 at

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. At the 1972 European Indoor Championships he won a bronze medal in 4×720 m relay, together with

Zenon Szordykowski Zenon Szordykowski (born 6 July 1947) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres. At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 800 metres relay together with Krzysztof Linkowski, Michał Skowro ...

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and

Stanisław Waśkiewicz Stanisław Waśkiewicz (9 September 1947; Drzewica – 28 September 2012; Streamwood, Illinois) was a Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres. At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres re ...

. He competed at the 1972 Olympic Games, finishing seventh in the

event. He is the father of bobsledder

Dawid Kupczyk Dawid Andrzej Kupczyk (born 10 May 1977 in Jelenia Góra) is a Polish bobsledder who has competed since 1997. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 14th in the four-man event at Vancouver in 2010. Kupczyk also compete ...

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1948 births Living people Polish male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Sportspeople from Świdnica Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship 20th-century Polish sportsmen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub