Ryszard Szurkowski

Ryszard Szurkowski
Personal information
Full name Ryszard Jan Szurkowski
Born (1946-01-12) 12 January 1946
Świebodów, Poland
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins

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.

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