Tadeusz Ślusarski
1950–1998 (age 48)
Biography
Tadeusz Ślusarski (19 May 1950 in Żary – 17 August 1998 on the E65 road near Ostromice) was a Polish Olympic gold medalist in pole vault at the 1976 Olympics, as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Olympics (behind another Polish champion Władysław Kozakiewicz).
He died in a car crash together with the Polish shot put gold medalist from the 1972 Munich Olympics, Władysław Komar.