Jerzy Piskun (4 June 1938 – 16 July 2018)Zmarł Jerzy Piskun, dwukrotny olimpijczyk i wicemistrz Europy w koszykówce
was a Polish

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player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

and the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

Honours

;Polonia Warsaw * Polish basketball championship (1): 1958–59 ;Poland *

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runner-up:

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

third place:

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

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* 1938 births 2018 deaths Polish men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Poland Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pinsk 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-basketball-bio-stub