Waldemar Malak
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Waldemar Malak was a weightlifter from Poland
. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
, where he received the bronze medal in the first heavyweight category of weightlifting.
On November 14, 1992, Malak was killed in a car accident in Charwatynia
at the age of 22.
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...
. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, where he received the bronze medal in the first heavyweight category of weightlifting.
On November 14, 1992, Malak was killed in a car accident in Charwatynia
Charwatynia
Charwatynia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Luzino, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Luzino, west of Wejherowo, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk....
at the age of 22.