Tadeusz Rut
![]() Tadeusz Rut at the 1960 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 11 October 1931 Przeworsk, Poland[1] |
Died | 27 March 2002 (aged 70) Warsaw, Poland |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Hammer throw, discus throw |
Club | MKS Czarni (1949–1951) OWKS (1952–1953) Odry (1956–1957) Burzy Wrocław (1958) Legia Warszawa (1959–1967)[1] |
Coached by | Sławomir Zieleniewski, Paweł Kozubek |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | HT – 67.07 m (1964) DT – 51.09 m (1959)[2] |
Medal record |
Tadeusz Rut (11 October 1931 – 27 March 2002) was a Polish athlete. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the hammer throw and won a bronze medal in 1960. In 1956 he also finished 17th in the discus throw and was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for Poland.[2] At the European championships he won a gold medal in 1958 setting a new continental record. That year he was ranked as the world's best hammer thrower.[1]
Rut was born in a family of a carpenter in Przeworsk, and completed his school studies in Wroclaw in 1950. In 1966 he received a master's degree in sanitation engineering. During his athletics career Rut won 8 national titles in the hammer throw (1955–1958, 1961, 1964, 1965) and discus throw (1956) and set 18 national records.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d Tadeusz Rut. Polish Olympic Committee
- ^ a b Tadeusz Rut. sports-reference.com
- 1931 births
- 2002 deaths
- Polish male discus throwers
- Polish male hammer throwers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Poland
- People from Przeworsk
- People from Lwów Voivodeship
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Legia Warsaw athletes
- Śląsk Wrocław athletes
- Athletes from Podkarpackie Voivodeship
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
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