Zbigniew Kaczmarek (weightlifter)

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]

Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Poland
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich lightweight
Disqualified 1976 Montreal lightweight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 ColumbusLightweight
Gold medal – first place 1971 LimaLightweight

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.[2][3]

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

References
  1. "Zbigniew Kaczmarek". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. "IOC Takes Action: Weightlifters are Stripped of Medals". Observer–Reporter. 16 October 1976. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. "Doping cases at Summer Games since 1968". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. Zmarł polski medalista olimpijski. Wybitny sportowiec walczył z ciężką chorobą (in Polish)
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