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Władysław Kozakiewicz

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Władysław Kozakiewicz (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf kɔzaˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; born 8 December 1953) is a Lithuanian-born retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the bras d'honneur gesture which he showed to the hostile Soviet crowd. In Poland, where the gesture was viewed as a symbol of resistance against Soviet dominance, it became known as "Kozakiewicz's gesture" (gest Kozakiewicza). In addition, he won several medals at continental level, won two Summer Universiades and broke the pole vault world record three times, twice outdoors and once indoors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław Kozakiewicz is the 477th most popular athlete (down from 293rd in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 477 out of 6,025. Before him are Maurice Verdonck, Renate Stecher, Anne-Marie Colchen, Leonid Zhabotinsky, Eliud Kipchoge, and Rudolf Burkert. After him are Henri Jobier, Yevgeny Grishin, Grete Waitz, Christa Stubnick, Alice Brown, and Boris Melnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 249. Before him are Valerie Mahaffey, Romas Kalanta, Francis Cabrel, Boris Grebenshchikov, Aleksandr Abdulov, and Dževad Karahasan. After him are Scott Hicks, Grete Waitz, Charles Martin Smith, Hiroyuki Usui, Kim Gordon, and Ken Davitian.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 118 out of 328. Before him are Algirdas Butkevičius (1958), Virgilijus Alekna (1972), Romas Kalanta (1953), Yakov Smushkevich (1902), Jonas Staugaitis (1868), and Osip Piatnitsky (1882). After him are Maironis (1862), Aharon Barak (1936), Jacques Sernas (1925), Joe Slovo (1926), Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836), and Emil Młynarski (1870).

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Among ATHLETES In Lithuania

Among athletes born in Lithuania, Władysław Kozakiewicz ranks 2. Before him are Virgilijus Alekna (1972). After him are Władysław Komar (1940), Hans-Georg Reimann (1941), Remigijus Valiulis (1958), Romas Ubartas (1960), Kęstutis Šapka (1949), Robertas Žulpa (1960), Žydrūnas Savickas (1975), Nijolė Sabaitė (1950), Darius Kasparaitis (1972), and Lina Kačiušytė (1963).

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