Gerard Gramse was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 sprinter

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 who specialized in the 100

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

 and 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

.

He was born in Mrocza

Mrocza

Mrocza is a town in Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,181 inhabitants ....

 and represented the club AZS Poznań

AZS Poznan

AZS Poznań is a Polish women's basketball team based in Poznań and playing in the Sharp Torell Basket Liga.-2003/2004 season:...

. At the 1971 European Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Marian Dudziak

Marian Dudziak

Marian Andrzej Dudziak was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was born in Wielichowo and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and...

, Tadeusz Cuch

Tadeusz Cuch

Tadeusz Cuch was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was born in Stary Bazanów and represented the club Legia Warszawa...

 and Zenon Nowosz

Zenon Nowosz

Zenon Nowosz 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....

. He also won a gold medal in the same event at the 1970 Summer Universiade

1970 Summer Universiade

The 1970 Summer Universiade, also known as the VI Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.After the City of Lisbon defected hosting the 1969 Universiade, the games were assigned to Turin to be held next year.-Medal table:...

, together with Stanisław Wagner, Jan Werner

Jan Werner (athlete)

Jan Werner was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.He was born in Brzeziny and represented the club AZS Warszawa. At the 1966 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres and won the 4 x 400 metres relay together with Edmund Borowski, Stanislaw Gredzinski and...

and Zenon Nowosz.

His personal best times were 10.3 seconds in the 100 metres and 21.0 seconds in the 200 metres.