Career
He finished second at the world championships in 1959, 1962-1963 and 1966, and third in 1958 and 1964. In total Paliński set six world records in the clean and jerk, which was his favorite event. Paliński was the oldest of seven brothers in a family of a peasant.
He graduated from a technical university and was a wood craftsman by profession.
He took weightlifting while serving in the army. They had two sons, Peter and Adam.
Paliński became seriously ill in the early 1990s and had several stomach operations. He died on 9 July 2006, aged 74.
