Władysław Komar

Władysław Stefan Komar (11 April 1940 – 17 August 1998) was a Lithuanian-born Polish shot putter, actor and cabaretist.

Competing in three Summer Olympics between 1964 and 1972, he won the gold medal at the Munich Games in 1972 with a throw of 21.18 metres.

His nickname was "King Kong" Komar as attributed to a Sports Illustrated article. His personal bests in the shot put were 21.19 metres outdoors (Warsaw 1974) and 20.32 metres indoors (Grenoble 1972), both being national records during his career.