Zygmunt Smalcerz
Zygmunt Antoni Smalcerz (born 8 June 1941) is a retired Polish weightlifter who won the gold medal in the flyweight class at the 1972 Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Games, but had to withdraw due to injury.[1]
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| Born | 8 June 1941 (age 79) Bestwinka, Śląskie, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AZS Warszawa Legia Warszawa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2002 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.[2]
He was the head coach of the Polish weightlifting team for the run up and including the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[1]
As of 2010, he is the resident weightlifting coach at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
References
- Zygmunt Smalcerz. sports-reference
- "Weightlifting Hall of Fame". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
External links
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at Polish Olympic Committee (in Polish)
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at Olympedia
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT) (in German)
Zygmunt Smalcerz on a 1972 UAE stamp
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