Jan Balachowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jan Balachowski

Polish sprinter

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1948

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jan Balachowski

  • Jan Balachowski (born 28 December 1948) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was born in Kraków and represented the club Cracovia Kraków.
  • At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres, as well as a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay.At the 1967 European Indoor Games he won a silver medal in the 4 x 300 metres relay, which he ran together with Edward Romanowski, Edmund Borowski and Tadeusz Jaworski. At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres and a gold medal in the 4 x 364 metres relay.
  • In the summer he competed at the 1968 Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals in the individual contest and finishing fourth in the final of the 4 x 400 metres relay.
  • At the 1969 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the 400 metres and another gold medal in the 4 x 390 metres relay.
  • At the 1969 European Championships the Polish relay team finished fourth.At the 1970 European Indoor Championships the Polish relay team won silver medals.
  • Balachowski also qualified for the 400 metres final, but did not finish the race.
  • At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he again qualified, but did not start the final race.
  • This time, the Polish team won relay gold.
  • Balachowski ran with together with Jan Werner, Andrzej Badenski and Waldemar Korycki.
  • That summer, the same Polish team won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Championships.
  • The same team then took another relay triumph at the 1972 European Indoor Championships.
  • In the summer Balachowski participated in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1972 Olympics, and finished fifth.He became Polish indoor 400 metres champion in 1973.
  • His personal best time was 45.8 seconds, achieved in 1970.

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