Andrzej Zieliński (athlete)

Andrzej Zielinski ( born August 20, 1936 in Warsaw ) is a retired Polish sprinter.

The European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, he won the 4 x 100 meters relay together with Jerzy Juskowiak, Zbigniew Syka and Marian Foik the silver medal behind the team of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The greatest success of his career, he celebrated two years later at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964. The Polish squadron got in the lineup Andrzej Zielinski, Wieslaw Maniak, Marian Foik and Marian Dudziak the silver medal behind the team of the United States and before the relay race in France. Zielinski joined in Tokyo also in the 200 - meter race, but retired in the quarterfinal round.

Andrzej Zielinski was twice Polish champion in the 100 -meter run (1959, 1962) and once in the 200 -meter run (1962). He is 1,73 m tall and had a competition weight of 69 kg.