Edmund Borowski (23 January 1945 – 22 August 2022) was a Polish
sprinter who specialized in the
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...
.
At the
1966 European Championships he won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay together with
Jan Werner,
Stanisław Grędziński and
Andrzej Badeński. At the
1967 European Indoor Games
The 1967 European Indoor Games were held at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) from 11 March to 12 March 1967.
The track used for the championships was 150 metres long.
Medal summary Men
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he won a silver medal in the 4 × 300 metres relay, which he ran together with
Edward Romanowski,
Ján Balachowski and
Tadeusz Jaworski.
At the
1968 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the medley relay, which he ran with
Marian Dudziak,
Waldemar Korycki and Andrzej Badeński. Another silver medal in medley relay followed at the
1970 European Indoor Championships, this time together with
Stanisław Waśkiewicz,
Kazimierz Wardak
Kazimierz Wardak (4 March 1947 in Połczyn-Zdrój – 25 October 2020) was a Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
Career
At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with Edmund Bor ...
and
Eryk Żelazny
Eryk Żelazny (born 2 December 1943 in Lubiewo) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.
At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with Edmund Borowski, Kazimie ...
.
Borowski died on 22 August 2022, at the age of 77; he had previously been battling with
cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...
.
References
1945 births
2022 deaths
Polish male sprinters
People from Kętrzyn County
European Athletics Championships medalists
Athletes from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Zawisza Bydgoszcz athletes
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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