Waldemar Baszanowski

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Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Competitor for Flag of Poland Poland
Olympic Games
Gold 1964 Tokyo Lightweight
Gold 1968 Mexico City Lightweight

Waldemar Romuald Baszanowski (born August 15, 1935 in Grudziądz) is a former Polish weightlifter. He took part in four Olympic Games (from 1960 to 1972). Baszanowski two times won an olympic championship (in Tokyo 1964 and in Mexico City 1968), both in lightweight category. He won five World Championships (1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, + 1969) in the same category. His first wife Anita was killed in a car accident in 1969, where Waldemar Baszanowski was the driver. It was a solo accident. Also, he set twenty five World Records in his career, and, in 1999, he became the President of the European Weightlifting Federation.

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Awards
Preceded by
Flag of Poland Jerzy Pawłowski		 Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
1969		 Succeeded by
Flag of Poland Teresa Sukniewicz
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