Mieczysław Łomowski (19 September 1914, in

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– 15 October 1969, near

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) was a Polish

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter who competed in the

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. He died in a car accident near

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