balachowski, born, december, 1948, retired, polish, sprinter, specialized, metres, medal, recordmen, athleticseuropean, championships1971, helsinki, relayeuropean, indoor, championships1968, madrid, relay1969, belgrade, m1969, belgrade, relay1971, sofia, relay. Jan Balachowski born 28 December 1948 is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres Jan Balachowski Medal recordMen s athleticsEuropean Championships1971 Helsinki 4 x 400 m relayEuropean Indoor Championships1968 Madrid 4 x 364 m relay1969 Belgrade 400 m1969 Belgrade 4 x 390 m relay1971 Sofia 4 x 400 m relay1972 Grenoble 4 x 400 m relay1967 Prague 4 x 300 m relay1970 Vienna 4 x 400 m relay1968 Madrid 400 mHe was born in Krakow and represented the club Cracovia Krakow 1 At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres 2 as well as a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay 3 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 4 At the 1968 European Indoor Games he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres 5 and a gold medal in the 4 x 364 metres relay 6 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 1 At the 1969 European Indoor Games he won a gold medal in the 400 metres 5 and another gold medal in the 4 x 390 metres relay 7 At the 1969 European Championships the Polish relay team finished fourth 8 At the 1970 European Indoor Championships the Polish relay team won silver medals 9 Balachowski also qualified for the 400 metres final but did not finish the race 10 At the 1971 European Indoor Championships he again qualified but did not start the final race 11 This time the Polish team won relay gold Balachowski ran together with Jan Werner Andrzej Badenski and Waldemar Korycki 12 That summer the same Polish team won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Championships 13 The same team then took another relay triumph at the 1972 European Indoor Championships 14 In the summer Balachowski participated in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1972 Olympics and finished fifth 1 He became Polish indoor 400 metres champion in 1973 15 His personal best time was 45 8 seconds achieved in 1970 1 References edit a b c d Sports Reference Archived 2012 11 04 at the Wayback Machine European Junior Championships Men GBR Athletics Athletics Weekly Retrieved 5 January 2011 Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas European Junior Championships 1966 World Junior Athletics History Archived from the original on 31 October 2013 Retrieved 5 January 2011 1967 European Indoor Games men s relay final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 30 May 2011 a b European Indoor Championships Men GBR Athletics Athletics Weekly Retrieved 5 January 2011 1968 European Indoor Games men s relay final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 5 January 2011 1969 European Indoor Games men s relay final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 5 January 2011 Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1969 Athens GRE Todor Krastev Retrieved 5 January 2011 1970 European Indoor Championships men s relay final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 5 September 2010 1970 European Indoor Championships men s 400 metres final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 5 September 2010 1971 European Indoor Championships men s 400 metres final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 5 September 2010 1971 European Indoor Championships men s relay final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 5 September 2010 Men 4x400m Relay European Championships 1971 Helsinki FIN Todor Krastev Retrieved 5 January 2011 1972 European Indoor Championships men s relay final Die Leichtatletik Statistik Seite Retrieved 5 September 2010 Polish Indoor Championships GBR Athletics Athletics Weekly Retrieved 5 January 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan Balachowski amp oldid 1167793111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,