Stanisław Waśkiewicz (9 September 1947;

Drzewica Drzewica is a town in Opoczno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,778 inhabitants as of December 2021. From 1975 to 1998 the town was a part of Radom Voivodeship. Located on the Drzewiczka river (a tributary to the Pilica), in the north ...

– 28 September 2012;

Streamwood, Illinois Streamwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 39,577. It is a northwest suburb of Chicago, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Streamwood is one of the three communities that ...

) was a Polish runner who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since th ...

. At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. He competed in the 800 metres at the 1969 European Championships, but did not reach the final. He became Polish champion in 1970 and 1972. At the 1970 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in medley relay together with Edmund Borowski, Kazimierz Wardak and

Eryk Żelazny Eryk Żelazny (born 2 December 1943 in Lubiewo) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance tra ...

. At the 1972 European Indoor Championships he won a bronze medal in 4 x 720 metres relay together with

Zenon Szordykowski Zenon Szordykowski (born 6 July 1947) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres. At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in 4 x 800 metres relay together with Krzysztof Linkowski, Michał Skowron ...

, Krzysztof Linkowski and

Andrzej Kupczyk Andrzej Kupczyk (born 26 October 1948) is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres. In this event he finished sixth at the 1969 European Championships, and fifth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships, and won a bronze meda ...

. Waśkiewicz spent the last 15 years of his life living in

.Obituary , Stanislaw Waskiewicz , Countryside Funeral Homes and Crematory
Retrieved 2017-02-18.

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1947 births 2012 deaths Polish male middle-distance runners People from Opoczno County Athletes from Łódź Voivodeship People from Streamwood, Illinois Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois Zawisza Bydgoszcz athletes Polish emigrants to the United States Polish Athletics Championships winners {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub