Marek Galinski killed in Poland

Polish Olympian Marek Galinski

Polish Olympian Marek Galinski (Image credit: Paweł Kuflikowski)

Marek Galinski died in a car accident early Monday morning according to an announcement by the Polish Olympic Committee. He competed in four Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008) and was a nine-time Polish national cross country mountain bike champion (2000 and 2004-2011).

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