Marian Andrzej Dudziak (born 2 February 1941) 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...

 sprinter

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 who specialized in the 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

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He was born in Wielichowo

Wielichowo

Wielichowo is a town in Grodzisk Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,830 inhabitants ....

 and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

 he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay was the shorter of the two men's relays on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 20 October and 21 October 1964. 21 teams, for a total of 85 athletes, from 21 nations competed, with 1 team of 4 not starting in the first round...

 with teammates Andrzej Zieliński

Andrzej Zielinski (athlete)

Andrzej Zieliński was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for Poland in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the silver medal with his team mates Wiesław Maniak, Marian Foik and Marian Dudziak.-References:...

, Wiesław Maniak and Marian Foik

Marian Foik

Marian Foik was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, participating in the 4 x 100 metre relay. With his team mates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and Marian Dudziak, he won the silver medal....

. He also competed in the 100 metres event, reaching the quarter-final. He achieved his personal best time in the 100 metres in the same year; 10.2 seconds with handtiming.

He won an individual silver medal in 200 metres at the 1966 European Championships. At the 1967 European Indoor Games

1967 European Indoor Games

The 2nd European Indoor Games were held at Sportovní hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia from 11 march to 12 march 1977.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:- External links :* on the website of Maik Richter* at gbrathletics* at gbrathletics...

 he finished fifth in the 50 metres race. He also competed in the relay final, but the team did not finish. At the 1968 European Indoor Games

1968 European Indoor Games

The 3rd European Indoor Games were held in 1968 at Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, the capital of Spain.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com...

 he won a silver medal in the medley relay, which he ran with Edmund Borowski

Edmund Borowski

Edmund Borowski is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1966 European Championships he won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay together with Jan Werner, Stanisław Grędziński and Andrzej Badeński...

, Waldemar Korycki

Waldemar Korycki

Waldemar Korycki is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He was a successful relay runner. At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the short relay and a silver medal in the medley relay...

 and Andrzej Badeński

Andrzej Badenski

Andrzej Badenski was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in 400 metres run at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and multiple relay medals. He became European Indoor Champion in the 400 metres twice, in 1968 and in 1971.-Career:He was born in Warszawa and represented...

. At the 1968 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries....

 he finished eighth in the 4 x 100 metres relay and reached the quarter-final in the 100 metres event. At the 1971 European Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Gerard Gramse

Gerard Gramse

Gerard Gramse was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.He was born in Mrocza and represented the club AZS Poznań. At the 1971 European Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Marian Dudziak, Tadeusz Cuch and Zenon Nowosz...

, Tadeusz Cuch

Tadeusz Cuch

Tadeusz Cuch was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was born in Stary Bazanów and represented the club Legia Warszawa...

 and Zenon Nowosz

Zenon Nowosz

Zenon Nowosz is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres....

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He became Polish 100 metres champion in 1968 and 200 metres champion in 1966.