 Tadeusz Rut at the 1960 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1931 Przeworsk, Poland[1] |
| Died | 27 March 2002 (aged 70) Warsaw, Poland |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Hammer throw, discus throw |
| Club | MKS Czarni (1949–1951) OWKS (1952–1953) Odry (1956–1957) Burzy Wrocław (1958) Legia Warszawa (1959–1967)[1] |
| Coached by | Sławomir Zieleniewski, Paweł Kozubek |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | HT – 67.07 m (1964) DT – 51.09 m (1959)[2] |
Medal record | |
Tadeusz Rut (11 October 1931 – 27 March 2002) was a Polish athlete. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the hammer throw and won a bronze medal in 1960. In 1956 he also finished 17th in the discus throw and was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for Poland.[2] At the European championships he won a gold medal in 1958 setting a new continental record. That year he was ranked as the world's best hammer thrower.[1]
Rut was born in a family of a carpenter in Przeworsk, and completed his school studies in Wroclaw in 1950. In 1966 he received a master's degree in sanitation engineering. During his athletics career Rut won 8 national titles in the hammer throw (1955–1958, 1961, 1964, 1965) and discus throw (1956) and set 18 national records.[1]
