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Wladyslaw Komar

Władysław Komar
Władysław Komar 1972.jpg
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

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.



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