Edmund Piątkowski

Edmund Piątkowski (31 January 1936 – 28 March 2016) was a Polish track and field athlete, who competed in the discus event.

Edmund Piątkowski

Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1936-01-31)31 January 1936 Florentynów, Poland
Died	28 March 2016(2016-03-28) (aged 86) Poland
Sport
Event(s)	Discus throw
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Poland European Athletics Championships 1958 Stockholm Discus Universiade 1961 Sofia Discus

Piątkowski was multiple time Polish champion in the discus (1955, 1957–66, 1968–69). He participated in four European Championships in Athletics (1958, 1962, 1966, 1969), and three Olympic Games (1960, 1964, 1968).

In 1958, he won the gold medal at the 6th European Championships in Stockholm. In May 1959, he broke the European record (57.89); afterward in June 1959, he set the world record (59.91) at the Kusocinski Memorial meet in Warsaw. Two years later, in August 1961, he yet again topped the European record (60.47) in Lodz.

In 1960, Piątkowski took 5th place in the 17th Olympic Games at Rome. In 1962, he took 4th at Belgrade (7th EU-ch). In 1964, he took 7th at Tokyo (18th Ol). In 1966, he took 4th at Budapest (8th EU-ch). In 1967, he won at Kiev (2nd European Cup). In 1968, he took 7th at Mexico City (19th Ol). In 1969, he took 12th at Athens (9th EU-ch). He died on 28 March 2016 at the age of 80.[1]

References

1. Nie żyje Edmund Piątkowski (in Polish)

External links

• Edmund Piątkowski at the International Olympic Committee
• Edmund Piątkowski at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Records
Preceded by Fortune Gordien	Men's Discus World Record Holder June 14, 1959 – August 12, 1960	Succeeded by Rink Babka
Preceded by Adolfo Consolini	Men's Discus European Record Holder May 10, 1959 – June 7, 1959	Succeeded by József Szécsényi
Preceded by József Szécsényi	Men's Discus European Record Holder June 14, 1959 – June 4, 1962	Succeeded by Vladimir Trusenyev