Andrzej Grabarczyk (athlete)

Andrzej Grabarczyk (12 January 1964 – 17 July 2016) was a Polish triple jumper. He represented his country at two Olympic Games, in 1988 and 1992, without qualifying for the final. In addition, he reached the final of one outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

Andrzej Grabarczyk
Personal information
Born(1964-01-12)12 January 1964
Poddębice, Poland
Died17 July 2016(2016-07-17) (aged 52)[1]
Łódź, Poland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
ClubWłókniarz Aleksandrów
Start Łódź
Gryf Słupsk
Zdrowie – MOSiR Piła[2]
Coached byLeszek Lipiński
Andrzej Lasocki[2]

His personal bests in the event were 17.00 metres outdoors (0.0 m/s, Kielce 1991) and 16.60 metres indoors (The Hague 1989).[3]

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Poland
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 15th (q) Triple jump 16.24 m
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 6th Triple jump 16.60 m
World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 7th Triple jump 16.56 m
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 6th Triple jump 16.52 m
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 6th Triple jump 16.82 m (+1.5 m/s)
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 11th Triple jump 16.33 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 12th Triple jump 16.23 m
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 34th (q) Triple jump 15.79 m
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References
  1. Nie żyje Andrzej Grabarczyk Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
  2. PKOl profile
  3. All-Athletics profile


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