Zenon Nowosz

Zenon Nowosz

Personal information
Born	(1944-02-06) 6 February 1944 Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Club	Legia Warsaw
Medal record Representing Poland European Championships 1978 Prague 4×100 m 1971 Helsinki 4×100 m 1969 Athens 200 m European Indoor Championships 1969 Belgrade 50 m 1973 Rottherdam 60 m 1970 Vienna 60 m Summer Universiade 1970 Turin 4x100m relay

Zenon Stanisław Nowosz (born 6 February 1944) is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres.

Nowosz won a bronze medal at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens in 200 metres. At the 1971 Championships in Helsinki he won a silver medal in 4 × 100 metres relay. He became a European Champion at 1978 Championships in Prague in 4 × 100 metres relay.

He also won a silver medal in Vienna in 60 metres at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, behind winner Valeriy Borzov. At the same distance he won a gold medal at 1973 Championships in Rotterdam.

Nowosz participated in three Olympic Games: in 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Poland
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	39th (h)	100 m	10.57
			8th	4 × 100 m relay	39.22
1969	European Indoor Games	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	1st	50 m	5.8
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	8th (sf)	100 m	10.6
			3rd	200 m	20.96
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	39.55
1970	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	2nd	60 m	6.7
	European Cup Final	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	100 m	10.4
			3rd	200 m	21.0
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.5
	Universiade	Turin, Italy	4th	100 m	10.6
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.2
1971	European Indoor Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	9th (sf)	60 m	6.9
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	100 m	10.66
			16th (sf)	200 m	21.56
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.72
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	7th	100 m	10.46
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	39.03
1973	European Indoor Championships	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	60 m	6.64
1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	60 m	6.70
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	15th (sf)	100 m	10.61
			24th (h)	200 m	21.67
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.35
1975	European Cup Final	Nice, France	5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.60
1976	European Indoor Championships	Munich, West Germany	6th	60 m	6.79
	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	19th (qf)	200 m	21.22
1977	European Cup "A" Final	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	39.38
1978	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.58

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 10.35 (Warsaw 1975)
• 200 metres – 20.88 (Dortmund 1972)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 6.52 (Zabrze 1973)

References

• Zenon Nowosz at World Athletics
• Zenon Nowosz at Tilastopaja (registration required)
• Zenon Nowosz at Olympics.com
• Zenon Nowosz at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)
• Zenon Nowosz at Olympedia
• Zenon Nowosz at InterSportStats