Ryszard Podlas (born 29 July 1954) is a Polish sprinter who specialized in the

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. He was born in Białobrzezie and represented the club Technika Pracze. He won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the

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with his teammates Jan Werner,

Zbigniew Jaremski Zbigniew Jaremski (19 June 1949 – 3 January 2011) was a Polish sprinter, who specialized in the 400 m. Career Jaremski was born in Zabrze and represented the club Górnik Zabrze. He competed in 400 m at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olym ...

and Jerzy Pietrzyk. In 1977 he won the bronze medal in 400 metres at the

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. In 1978 he won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1978 European Indoor Championships. At the

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he won a silver medal in the relay with the European team. He also finished second in the 400 metres, but following a protest, there was a re-race where he only finished fourth. At the

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he won another silver medal in the relay. He became Polish champion in the 400 metres in 1977, 1978 and 1979. He also won the silver medal in

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at the 1978 European Championships together with Jerzy Włodarczyk, Zbigniew Jaremski and Cezary Łapiński. In

at the 1982 European Championships the Polish team finished fifth. The team was also disqualified in the final at the 1983 World Championships.

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1954 births Living people Polish male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland People from Strzelin County European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Śląsk Wrocław athletes FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 20th-century Polish sportsmen Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub