Waldemar Legień

{{Short description|Polish judoka (born 1963)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox judoka

| image = Waldemar Legień 1988.jpg

| image_size = 260px

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_place = Bytom, Polish People’s Republic

| height = 1.80 m

| country = Poland

| weight_class = –78 kg, –86 kg

| rank =

| rank_ref = {{cite web |access-date=2024-03-30 |archive-date=2009-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630193229/http://www.alljudo.net/Champions_1.php?ID=LEG001 |date=2009-06-30 |language=fr |title=Alljudo.net, les champions de judo : LEGIEN, Waldemar |url=http://www.alljudo.net/Champions_1.php?ID=LEG001}}

| dan = 7

| club = Czarni Bytom

| worlds_rank = 3

| worlds_year = 1987

| worlds_weight =

| worlds_year2 = 1989

| worlds_weight2 =

| worlds_year3 = 1991

| worlds_weight3 =

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 1990

| regionals_weight = Men's 86 kg

| nationals =

| olympics_rank = 1

| olympics_year = 1988

| olympics_weight = Men's 78 kg

| olympics_year2 = 1992

| olympics_weight2 = Men's 86 kg

| show-medals =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{POL}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}

{{Medal|G| 1988 Seoul | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1992 Barcelona | {{nbnd}}86 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|B| 1987 Essen | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1989 Belgrade | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1991 Barcelona | {{nbnd}}86 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 1990 Frankfurt | {{nbnd}}86 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 1985 Hamar | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1986 Belgrade | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 1981 San Marino | {{nbnd}}71 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1982 Tirgoviste | {{nbnd}}71 kg }}

| updated = 5 June 2023

}}

Waldemar Legień (born 28 August 1963) is a Polish retired judoka. He won two Olympic gold medals in different weight classes, in 1988 and 1992. He is also the first person to win back-to-back two Olympic gold medals in Judo.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Waldemar Legień |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/waldemar-legien-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203130509/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/waldemar-legien-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}

For his achievements, he received the Commandor's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2019 (previously Knight's Cross in 1988 and Officer's Cross in 1992).{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Legień is the manager of Racing Club de France in Paris.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}