Zbigniew Pacelt

{{Short description|Polish sportsman (1951–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox politician

| name = Zbigniew Pacelt

| nationality = Polish

| image = Zbigniew Pacelt 2013.jpg

| imagesize = frameless

| caption = Pacelt in 2013

| office = Member of the Sejm

| term_start = 25 September 2005

| term_end =

| constituency = 33 – Kielce

| party = Civic Platform

| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|8|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|4|1951|8|26|df=y}}

| death_place =

}}

Zbigniew Pacelt (26 August 1951 – 4 October 2021[https://radioostrowiec.pl/2021/10/05/nie-zyje-zbigniew-pacelt/ Nie żyje Zbigniew Pacelt] {{in lang|pl}}) was a Polish sportsman (swimmer, modern pentathlete), Olympian, coach, sport official, and politician. He competed as a swimmer at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and as a modern pentathlete at the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/zbigniew-pacelt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/zbigniew-pacelt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Zbigniew Pacelt Olympic Results |access-date=2012-08-26 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Pacelt was born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, with 3,982 votes in 33 Kielce district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list.

For his sporting efforts he was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit and Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He was awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of Ostrowiec" in 2009.