Tadeusz Rut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tadeusz Rut

Polish athlete

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1931

Place of Birth: Przeworsk, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 27-Mar-2002

Profession: athletics competitor, hammer thrower

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.
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.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.