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Tadeusz Rut (11 October 1931 – 27 March 2002) was a Polish athlete. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the hammer throw and won a bronze medal in 1960. In 1956 he also finished 17th in the discus throw and was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for Poland.[2] At the European championships he won a gold medal in 1958 setting a new continental record. That year he was ranked as the world's best hammer thrower.[1]

Tadeusz Rut

Tadeusz Rut at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	11 October 1931 Przeworsk, Poland[1]
Died	27 March 2002 (aged 70) Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw, discus throw
Club	MKS Czarni (1949–1951) OWKS (1952–1953) Odry (1956–1957) Burzy Wrocław (1958) Legia Warszawa (1959–1967)[1]
Coached by	Sławomir Zieleniewski, Paweł Kozubek
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	HT – 67.07 m (1964) DT – 51.09 m (1959)[2]
Medal record Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1960 Rome Hammer throw European Athletics Championships 1958 Stockholm Hammer throw

Rut was born in a family of a carpenter in Przeworsk, and completed his school studies in Wroclaw in 1950. In 1966 he received a master's degree in sanitation engineering. During his athletics career Rut won 8 national titles in the hammer throw (1955–1958, 1961, 1964, 1965) and discus throw (1956) and set 18 national records.[1]

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Teodor Kocerka	Flagbearer for  Poland 1956 Melbourne	Succeeded by Teodor Kocerka

На других языках

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[fr] Tadeusz Rut

Tadeusz Rut, né le 11 octobre 1931 à Przeworsk et mort le 27 mars 2002 à Varsovie, est un athlète polonais spécialiste des épreuves de lancer du marteau.

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[it] Tadeusz Rut

Tadeusz Rut (Przeworsk, 11 ottobre 1931 – Varsavia, 27 marzo 2002) è stato un martellista e discobolo polacco.

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