Władysław Komar
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| Gold | 1972 Munich | Shot put | |
Władysław Komar (April 11, 1940 – August 17, 1998) was a Polish shot put champion, who was born in Kaunas. In 1972 Olympics in Munich he won a gold medal (21.18 m). Known for womanizing and drinking, after his successful sports career, he was a movie and theater star, as well as a singer. He died in a car crash in 1998 along another Polish Olympic champion, Tadeusz Ślusarski.
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| Olympic champions in men's shot put |
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| 1896: Robert Garrett | 1900: Richard Sheldon | 1904: Ralph Rose | 1906: Martin Sheridan | 1908: Ralph Rose | 1912: Patrick McDonald | 1920: Ville Pörhölä | 1924: Clarence Houser | 1928:
John Kuck | 1932: Leo Sexton | 1936: Hans Woellke | 1948: Wilbur Thompson | 1952: Parry O'Brien | 1956: Parry O'Brien | 1960: Bill Nieder | 1964: Dallas Long | 1968: Randy Matson | 1972: Władysław Komar | 1976: Udo Beyer | 1980: Vladimir Kiselyov | 1984: Alessandro Andrei | 1988: Ulf Timmermann | 1992: Mike Stulce | 1996: Randy Barnes | 2000: Arsi Harju | 2004: Yuriy Bilonoh |
