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Waldemar Baszanowski

1935 - 2011

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Waldemar Romuald Baszanowski (15 August 1935 – 29 April 2011) was a Polish lightweight (-67.5 kg) weightlifter. In 1969, he was chosen the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Waldemar Baszanowski is the 924th most popular athlete (up from 1,123rd in 2019), the 1,012th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,113th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Waldemar Baszanowski ranks 924 out of 6,025Before him are Vanderlei de Lima, Renzo Minoli, Amelia Piccinini, Ahmet Ayık, Marcel Hansenne, and Margitta Gummel. After him are Ruhi Sarıalp, Willie Steele, Rafael Chimishkyan, Ann-Britt Leyman, Tommaso Lequio di Assaba, and Paula Mollenhauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Waldemar Baszanowski ranks 352Before him are Simon Leys, Johnny Mathis, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Dan Ayrault, Sherrill Milnes, and Halina Poświatowska. After him are Elisabeth Rehn, Gary Player, Jeremy Kemp, Lee Meriwether, Märta Tikkanen, and Moisés Solana. Among people deceased in 2011, Waldemar Baszanowski ranks 307Before him are Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Charles Jarrott, Amparo Muñoz, Hans Kalt, and Marie Ljalková. After him are John Shalikashvili, Ferenc Szojka, Andrzej Lepper, Oldřich Machač, Georg Sterzinsky, and Garret FitzGerald.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Waldemar Baszanowski ranks 1,012 out of 1,694Before him are Franz Mertens (1840), Stanisław Wielgus (1939), Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865), Igor Newerly (1903), Halina Poświatowska (1935), and Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (1959). After him are John Shalikashvili (1936), Hans Lewy (1904), Heinrich Caro (1834), Halina Górecka (1938), Antoni Piechniczek (1942), and Halszka Osmólska (1930).

Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Waldemar Baszanowski ranks 16Before him are Gerhard Stöck (1911), Walter Bathe (1892), Teresa Ciepły (1937), Stanisław Kowalski (1910), Kazimierz Barburski (1942), and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934). After him are Halina Górecka (1938), Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (1929), Danas Pozniakas (1939), Janusz Sidło (1933), Kazimierz Zimny (1935), and Klaus Beer (1942).