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Tadeusz Ślusarski
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold 1976 Montreal Pole vault
Silver 1980 Moscow Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
Gold 1974 Gothenburg Pole vault
Gold 1978 Milan Pole vault

Tadeusz Ślusarski (19 May 1950 in Żary – 17 August 1998 on the E65 road near Ostromice) was a Polish Olympic gold medalist in pole vault at the 1976 Olympics, as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics (behind another Polish champion Władysław Kozakiewicz).

Władysław Komar - Tadeusz Ślusarski - Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach (187)
Tadeusz Ślusarski's grave

He died in a car crash together with the Polish shot put gold medalist from the 1972 Munich Olympics, Władysław Komar.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Poland
1972 Olympic Games Munich, Germany 11th (q) 5.00 m
1974 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 5.35 m
European Championships Rome, Italy 7th 5.20 m
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 1st 5.50 m
1977 Universiade Sofia, Bulgaria 2nd 5.50 m
1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 1st 5.45 m
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 2nd 5.65 m
1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 12th 5.35 m
1983 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 5.50 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th 5.55 m
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