Ryszard Szurkowski
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| Full name | Ryszard Jan Szurkowski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 January 1946 Świebodów, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (born 12 January 1946 in Świebodów) is a retired road bicycle racer from Poland.
He won twice Olympic silver medal in team time trial at Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976.[1][2]
Szurkowski won three gold medals and silver one in World Cycling Amateur Championships at Barcelona 1973, Montreal 1974, and Mettet 1975.
He won four times a cycling event The Peace Race in 1970, 1971, 1973, and 1975 and Dookoła Mazowsza in 1977 and 1978.
His son, Norbert, died in the September 11 attacks.
References
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| Preceded by Teresa Sukniewicz |
Polish Sportspersonality of the Year 1971 |
Succeeded by Witold Woyda |
| Preceded by Witold Woyda |
Polish Sportspersonality of the Year 1973 |
Succeeded by Irena Szewińska |
External links
- Ryszard Szurkowski profile at Cycling Archives
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