Stanisław Olejniczak was a Polish basketball player regarded as one of the best to represent Poland. Born on 28 March 1938 in Zbąszyń, he played 121 matches for the national team and scored 628 points. At club level he played for Lech Poznań from 1957 to 1963 and for Legia Warszawa from 1963 to 1971, winning the Polish national championship three times and finishing as runner-up twice. In 1963 he won a silver medal at the European Basketball Championship in Wrocław, and in 1964 he was part of the Polish men's team that finished sixth at the Tokyo Olympics. He was decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and died in Poznań on 1 February 2022.
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