Andrzej Stępień Explained

Andrzej Stępień
Birth Date:14 July 1953
Birth Place:Cieplice Śląskie, Poland[1]
Height:1.80 m
Weight:76 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:400 metres
Club:Karkonosze Jelenia Góra
Śląsk Wrocław
Flota Gdynia
Coach:Jerzy Kil

Andrzej Stępień (born 14 July 1953 in Cieplice Śląskie) is a Polish former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1983 World Championships. He was a national outdoor 400 metres champion each year between 1981 and 1986.

His personal bests in the event are 46.10 seconds outdoors (Budapest 1981) and 47.08 seconds indoors (Pireaus 1985).[2]

International competitions

Representing
1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union16th (qf)400 m46.31
9th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:05.8
1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece15th (sf)400 m47.28
4th4 × 400 m relay3:02.77
1983World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland10th (sf)4 × 400 m relay3:05.511
1984Friendship GamesMoscow, Soviet Union5th4 × 400 m relay3:06.03
1985European Indoor ChampionshipsPiraeus, Greece7th (sf)400 m47.23
1Did not finish in the final

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115228/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/andrzej-stepien-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. http://www.all-athletics.com/en-us/athlete/290402 All-Athletics profile