Career
He competed for Poland at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow (Russia) in the men"s 4 × 400 metre relay event (together with January Pawłowicz, Jerzy Pietrzyk and Andrzej Stępień). Tokyo in 1980; Ostrava in 1980. London in 1981; Lipsk in 1983.
Starostka"s personal best in 400m is 46.47 son
He graduated from the Academy of Physical Education in Krakow and currently works as a Physical Education teacher in MyszkóWest