Sport Shot put Role Olympic athlete Weight 125 kg | Name Wladyslaw Komar Height 1.96 m Movies Pirates | |
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Born 11 April 1940 Kaunas, Lithuania Club Wybrzeze GdanskGwardia WarszawaPolonia Warszawa Died August 17, 1998, Ostromice, Poland Olympic medals Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Shot Put Men Similar People George Woods, Hartmut Briesenick, Roman Polanski, Witold Sobocinski Similar Hartmut Briesenick, Irena Szewińska, Artur Partyka | ||
Władysław Komar 21.18 Olympic Gold Medal
Władysław Komar (11 April 1940 – 17 August 1998) was a Polish shot put champion, who was born in Kaunas. Competing in three Summer Olympics in 1964-1972, he won the gold medal (21.18 m) at the Munich Games in 1972. His nickname was "King Kong" Komar as attributed to a Sports Illustrated article.
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- Wadysaw Komar 2118 Olympic Gold Medal
- Fotografia Kolekcjonerska odc14 Wadysaw Komar
- Biography
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Fotografia Kolekcjonerska odc.14 - Władysław Komar
Biography
Komar later became an actor, appearing in more than ten films, including Kazimierz Wielki (1976), Soviet Boris Godunov (1986), Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986), as well as Magnat (1987) and Kiler (1997). He died in a car crash in 1998 along with another Polish Olympic champion, Tadeusz Ślusarski.
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