Tomasz Zieliński

Tomasz Bernard Zieliński ( [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈbɛrnard ʑɛˈliɲski]; born 29 October 1990 in Nakło nad Notecią) is a Polish weightlifter. He won gold at the 2016 European Championships in the −94 kg category.

Personal life

Zieliński was born 29 October 1990 in Nakło nad Notecią. He is the brother of Adrian Zieliński, who is also a weightlifter.

Career

Zieliński represented Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He placed 9th in the men's 94 kg event but was eventually awarded the bronze medal as 6 athletes ahead him tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs when their 2012 samples were retested in 2016.

Competing in the −94 kg category, Zieliński won silver at the 2014 European Championships in Tel Aviv and gold at the 2016 European Championships in Førde. He was included in Poland's squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics after the national weightlifting federation's board over-ruled its own president, Szymon Kołecki, who had wanted him off the team after Zieliński decided to train outside the federation's framework. At the Olympics in Rio, Zieliński tested positive for spironolactone and was sent home.