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![]() Andrzej Badeński |
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| Competitor for |
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| Men’s Athletics | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | Tokyo 1964 | 400 metres |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | Budapest 1966 | 4x400m Relay |
| Silver | Budapest 1966 | 400 metres |
Andrzej Badenski (10 May 1943 – 28 September 2008) was a Polish athlete who won a bronze medal in 400 metres run in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
In 1966 he won silver in the Euro Athletics Champs.
He has twice been indoor European Champion, in 1968 and in 1971; in 1970 he was second best.
He also took part in 1968 Mexico and 1972 Munich Olympics. At the end of his career in 1974 he defected to the West and lived in Germany until his death.
Allover, for a very long time he had been one of the ten fastest runners in the world.
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