Radosław Truszkowski (born 5 October 1978 in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

) is a retired amateur Polish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. Truszkowski represented his nation

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at the

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, and later captured a silver medal in the 74-kg division at the

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in Izmir, Turkey. Throughout his sporting career, Truszkowski trained full-time for Cement Gryf Wrestling Club in

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, under his personal coach and 1988 Olympic silver medalist

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. Truszkowski qualified for the Polish squad in the men's 74 kg class at the

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. Earlier in the process, he placed fifth from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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to guarantee a spot on Poland's Olympic wrestling team. Truszkowski lost two straight matches to reigning Olympic champion

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of Cuba (0–6), and South Korea's Choi Duk-hoon (1–6), leaving him on the bottom of the pool and placing eighteenth in the final standings. At the

in Izmir, Turkey, Truszkowski picked up a silver medal in the 74-kg division, losing the final match to the host nation's Şeref Tüfenk in front of the home audience.

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