Edward Romanowski (30 July 1944 – 11 November 2007) was a

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sprinter who specialized in the

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. He was born in

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and represented the club Legia Warszawa. At the 1967 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the 4 x 300 metres relay, which he ran together with Tadeusz Jaworski,

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. In the

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he finished eighth in the final together with Wiesław Maniak,

Zenon Nowosz Zenon Stanisław Nowosz (born 6 February 1944 in Warsaw) is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Nowosz won a bronze ...

and

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. At the

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he won a gold medal in the relay, where Poland was the only competing team. The teammates were Andrzej Badeński,

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. He became Polish 200 metres champion in 1968. He was buried at the Służew Old Cemetery in Warsaw.

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1944 births 2007 deaths Polish male sprinters Athletes from Warsaw Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Burials at Służew Old Cemetery 20th-century Polish sportsmen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub