Ryszard Szurkowski
Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (born 12 January 1946 in Świebodów) is a retired road bicycle racer from Poland.
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| Full name | Ryszard Jan Szurkowski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1946 Świebodów, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Copy of R. Szurkowski medal and autograph in Sports Star Avenue in Dziwnów
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.
In 2018, Szurkowski crashed during a bike race in Germany at 40 km/h. He suffered serious injuries, incl. crushed spinal cord that left him paralyzed. After 5 months of therapy, he regained some of the sensation in his toes.
References
- databaseOlympics Archived 16 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
External links
- Ryszard Szurkowski at Cycling Archives
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