Stefan Kapłaniak

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Stefan Kapłaniak

Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 1st: Sweden with Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius. 2nd: Hungary with András Szente and György Mészáros. 3rd: Poland with Stefan Kapłaniak and Władysław Zieliński.
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze 1960 Rome K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold 1958 Prague K-1 500 m
Gold 1958 Prague K-2 500 m

Stefan Kapłaniak (born April 10, 1933 in Szczawnica) was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.

Kapłaniak also won two gold medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-2 500 m events.

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