Andrzej Grabarczyk (athlete) explained

Andrzej Grabarczyk
Birth Date:12 January 1964
Birth Place:Poddębice, Poland
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Łódź, Poland
Height:1.88 m[2]
Weight:73 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Club:Włókniarz Aleksandrów
Start Łódź
Gryf Słupsk
Zdrowie – MOSiR Piła
Coach:Leszek Lipiński
Andrzej Lasocki

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.[3] In addition, he reached the final of one outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

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).[4]

International competitions

Representing
1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea15th (q)Triple jump16.24 m
1989The Hague, Netherlands6thTriple jump16.60 m
Budapest, Hungary7thTriple jump16.56 m
1990Glasgow, Scotland6thTriple jump16.52 m
European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia6thTriple jump16.82 m (+1.5 m/s)
1991Seville, Spain11thTriple jump16.33 m
Tokyo, Japan12thTriple jump16.23 m
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain34th (q)Triple jump15.79 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nie żyje Andrzej Grabarczyk . . pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817125324/http://pzla.pl/index.php?_a=1&kat_id=4&_id=10977 . 2016-08-17 .
  2. http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/637,grabarczyk-andrzej.html PKOl profile
  3. dmy-all.
  4. http://www.all-athletics.com/de/athlete/288630 All-Athletics profile