Teresa Ciepły

Teresa Ciepły

Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Competitor for  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold	1964 Tokyo	4x100 m Relay
Silver	1964 Tokyo	80 m Hurdles
Bronze	1960 Rome	4x100 m Relay
European Championships
Gold	1962 Belgrade	80 m Hurdles
Gold	1962 Belgrade	4x100 m Relay
Bronze	1962 Belgrade	100 m

Teresa Barbara Ciepły (née Wieczorek; October 19, 1937 – March 8, 2006) was a Polish sprinter and hurdler.

She was a bronze Olympic medalist in women's the 4x100 metre relay at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. She won gold medals in the women's 4x100 metre relay (in European record time of 44.5 seconds) and the 80 metre hurdles, and a bronze medal in the women's 100 metre sprint, at the 1962 European Athletic Championships in Belgrade. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo she won gold in the women's 4x100 metre relay (in world record time of 43.6 seconds), and silver in 80 metre hurdles.

She was born in Brodnia, Poland, and married a fellow Polish Olympian, hammer thrower Olgierd Ciepły. She died aged 68 in Bydgoszcz.

External links

• Teresa Ciepły at http://www.sporting-heroes.net
• A full listing of the women's medals won at the 1962 European Championship
• Website about Teresa Ciepły (amateur) (en, pl)

Awards
Preceded by Ireneusz Paliński	Polish Sportspersonality of the Year 1962	Succeeded by Ryszard Parulski