Władysław Kozakiewicz is a Lithuanian-born retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the bras d'honneur gesture which he showed to the hostile Soviet crowd.
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![Kozakiewicz's gesture.[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ee/Kozakiewicz_gesture.jpg)
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Jerzy KukuczkaAlso won Silver Medal "For Outstanding Sport Achievements"
Kazimierz DeynaAlso won Gold Medal "For Outstanding Sport Achievements"
Józef SzmidtAlso won Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
Janusz KusocińskiAlso won Polish Sportspersonality of the Year
Grzegorz LatoAlso won Gold Medal "For Outstanding Sport Achievements"
Otylia JędrzejczakAlso won Polish Sportspersonality of the YearAbout this person
Władysław Kozakiewicz is a Lithuanian-born retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the bras d'honneur gesture which he showed to the hostile Soviet crowd. In Poland, where the gesture was viewed as a symbol of resistance against Soviet dominance, it became known as "Kozakiewicz's gesture". In addition, he won several medals at continental level, won two Summer Universiades and broke the pole vault world record three times, twice outdoors and once indoors. He is also a ten-time Polish champion.
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