Wladyslaw Komar

Władysław Komar

Władysław Komar in 1972
Personal information
Born	11 April 1940 Kaunas, Lithuania
Died	17 August 1998 (aged 58) Przybiernów, Poland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport	Shot put
Club	Wybrzeże Gdańsk Gwardia Warszawa Polonia Warszawa
Medal record Representing Poland Olympic Games 1972 Munich Shot put European Championships 1966 Budapest Shot put 1971 Helsinki Shot put European Indoor Championships 1968 Madrid Shot put 1972 Grenoble Shot put 1978 Milan Shot put 1967 Prague Shot put 1977 San Sebastián Shot put

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.

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.