Waldemar Kikolski

Waldemar Kikolski

Personal information
Born	(1967-10-21)21 October 1967 Łapy, Poland
Died	1 May 2001(2001-05-01) (aged 33) Třanovice, Czech Republic
Sport
Country	Poland
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability class	T11
Medal record sport Representing Poland Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona 800 metres - B2 1996 Atlanta Marathon - T11 2000 Sydney Marathon - T12 1992 Barcelona 1500 metres - B2 1992 Barcelona 5000 metres - B2 1996 Atlanta 10000 metres - T11 1996 Atlanta 5000 metres - T11

Waldemar Kikolski (21 October 1967 - 1 May 2001) was a paralympic athlete from Poland competing mainly in category T11 distance running events.

Biography

Waldemar has successfully competed at three summer paralympics. His first were in Barcelona in 1992 where he won the B2 class 800m and finished second in the 1500m and 5000m. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics he moved up in distance winning the T11 Marathon, second in the 10000m and third in 5000m as well as competing in the 1500m. His third and final appearance came in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where he again won a gold in medal at the marathon but missed out on a medal in the 10000m.

Kikolski died in a road accident in Třanovice when he was travelling back from an athletics competition in Italy.