Włodzimierz Zawadzki

Włodzimierz Zawadzki
Medal record
Włodzimierz Zawadzki

Men's Wrestling
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Featherweight (57-62 kg)

Włodzimierz Jan Zawadzki (born 28 September 1967 in Polany, Poland) is a Polish sport wrestler. He is a member of MZKS Orzeł Wierzbica (1980–1987) and Legia Warszawa (since 1987).

He was a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in the Men's Featherweight (57-62 kg) category. Medalist of wrestling world championships (silver: 1995, 2002; bronze: 1994, 1997), wrestling European championships (gold: 1991, 1995, 1999; bronze: 2001).

For his sport achievements, he received:
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 1996.

References

sports-reference
"Zawadzki Włodzimierz". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
"Zawadzki Włodzimierz". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-12-04.

Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman featherweight

1912 Kaarlo Koskelo (FIN) 1920 Oskari Friman (FIN) 1924 Kalle Anttila (FIN) 1928 Voldemar Väli (EST) 1932 Giovanni Gozzi (ITA) 1936 Yaşar Erkan (TUR) 1948 Mehmet Oktav (TUR) 1952 Yakiv Punkin (URS) 1956 Rauno Mäkinen (FIN) 1960 Müzahir Sille (TUR) 1964 Imre Polyák (HUN) 1968 Roman Rurua (URS) 1972 Georgi Markov (URS) 1976 Kazimierz Lipień (POL) 1980 Stelios Mygiakis (GRE) 1984 Kim Weon-kee (KOR) 1988 Kamandar Madzhidov (URS) 1992 Mehmet Akif Pirim (TUR) 1996 Włodzimierz Zawadzki (POL) 2000 Varteres Samurgashev (RUS) 2004 Jung Ji-hyun (KOR) 2008 Islambek Albiev (RUS) 2012 Omid Norouzi (IRI)

−60 kg (1912–1920) −62 kg (1924–1928) −61 kg (1932–1960) −63 kg (1964–1968) −62 kg (1972–1996) −63 kg (2000) −60 kg (2004–2012)

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