Jan Pusty (born 3 June 1952 in

Koło Koło () is a town on the Warta River in central Poland with 23,101 inhabitants (2006). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship and it is the capital of Koło County. History Koło is one of the oldest towns in Poland. It was granted ...

) is a retired male

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...

from Poland. His personal best was 13.53 seconds on the 110m hurdles. He won a silver medal at the

1978 European Championships in Athletics The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given ...

, and finished fifth at the 1980 Olympics.

International competitions

¹Representing Europe

References

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at Sporting Heroes 1952 births Living people Polish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Koło County European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Greater Poland Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 20th-century Polish sportsmen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub