Tadeusz Rut

Tadeusz Rut

Tadeusz Rut at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	11 October 1931 Przeworsk, Poland
Died	27 March 2002 (aged 70) Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Events	Hammer throw, discus throw
Club	MKS Czarni (1949–1951) OWKS (1952–1953) Odry (1956–1957) Burzy Wrocław (1958) Legia Warsaw (1959–1967)
Coached by	Sławomir Zieleniewski, Paweł Kozubek
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	HT – 67.07 m (1964) DT – 51.09 m (1959)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Poland Olympic Games 1960 Rome Hammer throw European Championships 1958 Stockholm Hammer throw

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 Wrocław 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.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
1954	European Championships	Bern, Switzerland	4th	Hammer throw	57.70 m
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne, Australia	17th (q)	Discus throw	46.62 m
			14th (q)	Hammer throw	53.43 m
1958	European Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	Hammer throw	64.78 m
1960	Olympic Games	Rome, Italy	3rd	Hammer throw	65.64 m
1962	European Championships	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	8th	Hammer throw	62.95 m
1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	Hammer throw	64.52 m
1966	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (q)	Hammer throw	61.26 m