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{{short description|Polish pole vaulter}}
{{MedalTableTop|sport=Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]|country_code=POL|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}} 
{{Medal|Silver| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1974 Gothenburg]]|[[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1978 Milan]]|[[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
}}

'''Tadeusz Ślusarski''' (19 May 1950 in [[Żary]] – 17 August 1998 on the [[European route E65|E65]] road near [[Ostromice]]) was a Polish [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist in [[pole vault]] at the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Olympics]], as well as a silver medalist at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympics]] (behind another Polish champion [[Władysław Kozakiewicz]]).

[[File:Władysław Komar - Tadeusz Ślusarski - Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach (187).JPG|thumb|200px|right|Tadeusz Ślusarski's grave at [[Powązki Military Cemetery]] in Warsaw]]
He died in a car crash together with the Polish [[shot put]] gold medalist from the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich Olympics]], [[Władysław Komar]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wallechinsky|first1=David|authorlink1=David Wallechinsky|last2=Loucky|first2=Jaime|year=2012|title=The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition|page=225|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Aurum Press]]|isbn=978-1-84513-695-6}}</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{POL}}
|-
|1972
|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Munich, Germany]]
|11th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.00 m]]<ref>No mark in the final.</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1974
|[[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.35 m]]
|-
|[[1974 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Rome, Italy]]
|7th
|[[1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.20 m]]
|-
|1976
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Montreal, Canada]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|1977
|[[Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Sofia, Bulgaria]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|1978
|[[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Milan, Italy]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.45 m]]
|-
|1980
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Moscow, Soviet Union]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.65 m]]
|-
|1982
|[[1982 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|12th
|[[1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault|5.35 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|[[1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|5th
|[[1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|4th
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{PKOl|new_id=tadeusz-slusarski|old_id=2045,slusarski-tadeusz}}

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