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Kazimierz Zimny

1935 - 2022

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Kazimierz Franciszek Zimny (4 June 1935 – 30 June 2022) was a Polish athlete, who competed mainly in the 5000 metres. He competed for Poland in the 5000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where he won the bronze medal. He finished just a fraction of a second behind the German runner Hans Grodotzki, who was in fact born only a few miles away (in Pasłęk) from Zimny's hometown in Tczew, in northern Poland. As of 2024, Zimny remains the only Pole, male or female, to have won an Olympic medal in the 5000 meters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazimierz Zimny is the 1,186th most popular athlete (up from 1,417th in 2019), the 1,072nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,168th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kazimierz Zimny ranks 1,186 out of 6,025. Before him are Béla Békessy, Vasile Dîba, John Brinck, Christian Gitsham, Eino Purje, and Janusz Sidło. After him are Richard Gunn, Oscar De Cock, Miroslav Koranda, Johanna Lüttge, Carl Silfverstrand, and Pål Tyldum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Kazimierz Zimny ranks 390. Before him are Mona Malm, Donald Arnold, José Luandino Vieira, Margarita Nikolaeva, Jacques Poos, and Peer Hultberg. After him are Malick Sidibé, Mal Evans, Yuri Titov, Roger Hargreaves, Steve Lawrence, and Bruno Rodzik. Among people deceased in 2022, Kazimierz Zimny ranks 440. Before him are Wilko Johnson, John H. Coates, Mary Alice, Kevin Conroy, Jacques Poos, and Anvar Chingizoglu. After him are Heidi Biebl, Johanna Lüttge, Jürgen Nöldner, Eeles Landström, Günter Lamprecht, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kazimierz Zimny ranks 1,072 out of 1,694. Before him are Piotr Zieliński (1994), Alina Janowska (1923), Jan Sztolcman (1854), Danas Pozniakas (1939), Gustaw Holoubek (1923), and Janusz Sidło (1933). After him are Józef Pankiewicz (1866), Iga Świątek (2001), Artur Brauner (1918), Klaus Beer (1942), Bernhard Zondek (1891), and Jacob Bronowski (1908).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Kazimierz Zimny ranks 21. Before him are Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934), Waldemar Baszanowski (1935), Halina Górecka (1938), Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (1929), Danas Pozniakas (1939), and Janusz Sidło (1933). After him are Klaus Beer (1942), Jadwiga Wajs (1912), Emil Hirschfeld (1903), Tadeusz Ślusarski (1950), Jan Werner (1946), and Andrzej Zieliński (1936).

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