Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter) explained

Zbigniew Tadeusz Kaczmarek (31 July 1946 – 15 May 2023) was a Polish weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[1]

At the 1976 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to test for anabolic steroids, he won the gold medal but tested positive for said substances and therefore was disqualified for doping. He was stripped of his gold medal and suspended from the current and future Olympic events.^{[2] [3]}

Kaczmarek died on 15 May 2023, at the age of 76.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zbigniew Kaczmarek . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/zbigniew-kaczmarek-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . sports-reference. 23 June 2012.
2. News: IOC Takes Action: Weightlifters are Stripped of Medals. 8 May 2016. Observer–Reporter. 16 October 1976.
3. Web site: Doping cases at Summer Games since 1968. www.chinadaily.com.cn. 2019-06-30.
4. https://sport.interia.pl/inne/news-zmarl-polski-medalista-olimpijski-wybitny-sportowiec-walczyl,nId,6779593 Zmarł polski medalista olimpijski. Wybitny sportowiec walczył z ciężką chorobą