Leszek Dunecki was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 athlete who competed mainly in the 100/200 metres. He was polish champion on 6 occasions.

He won a European Championship Gold medal in 1978 in the 4x100 metres.

In 1979 was world student 100/200 runner up. Finishing 2nd only behind Pietro Mennea who ran the then new world record 19.72. Dunecki ran 20.26. Dunecki's Polish national record of 20.26 was improved in 1999, by Marcin Urbas

Marcin Urbas

Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...

 (19.98 s), after 20 years.

He competed for Poland in the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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 held in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 in the 100 where he reached the Quarter final, and the 200 metres where he reached the final and finished 6th. He also competed in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Krzysztof Zwoliński

Krzysztof Zwolinski

Krzysztof Zwoliński was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a Polish 60 metre indoor champion in 1986....

, Zenon Licznerski

Zenon Licznerski

Zenon Licznerski was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He was Polish 100/200 metre champion in 1976, 77.He was a member of the Polish sprint relay team that won Gold in the European championship....

 and Marian Woronin

Marian Woronin

Marian Jerzy Woronin is a retired Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He is a four-time European Indoor Champion in the 60 metres...

. In 1981 he was a member of the polish/Europe 4x100 relay team that finished 1st in the world cup.