Tadeusz Cuch 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 metres

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...

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He was born in Stary Bazanów

Stary Bazanów

Stary Bazanów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryki, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.The village has a population of 570.-References:...

 and represented the club Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

. At the inaugural 1964 European Junior Championships he won the bronze medal in the 100 metres, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay and a silver medal in the medley relay where he ran the opening leg.

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...

, Gerard Gramse

Gerard Gramse

Gerard Gramse was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.He was born in Mrocza and represented the club AZS Poznań. At the 1971 European Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay together with Marian Dudziak, Tadeusz Cuch and Zenon Nowosz...

 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....

. At the 1972 Olympic Games

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

 he competed in the 100 metres

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 1.-Heats:The top three runners in each of the nine heats and the next fastest four, advanced to the quarterfinal round.Heat one...

 without progressing from round one. He also finished sixth in the 4 x 100 metres relay final, together with Stanisław Wagner, Jerzy Czerbniak and Zenon Nowosz.

His personal best time was 10.49 seconds, achieved in 1973.