Kazimierz Lipień (6 February 1949 – 13 November 2005) was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Poland. He competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed third, first and sixth, respectively. Between 1971 and 1979 he collected 12 medals at the world and European championships, including five gold medals. His twin brother Józef was also an Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler. Lipień was born in a large family, and besides Józef had four brothers, Edward, Stanisław, Bogdan and Zbigniew, and two sisters, Ewa and Michalina. He graduated from a technical school in 1972, and in 1980 received a coaching degree in Warsaw. In 1981 he moved to Sweden, where he won three national titles (in 1981 and 1985 in Greco-Roman and in 1982 in freestyle wrestling) and trained wrestlers at various clubs for ten years. In 1991 he returned to Poland and headed the national junior wrestling team. He died in the United States, and was survived by wife Antonina and sons Peter and Jacob. References External links 1949 births 2005 deaths People from Wałbrzych County Olympic wrestlers of Poland Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Polish male sport wrestlers Olympic gold medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Polish people 21st-century Polish people