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]

Zygmunt Smalcerz

Zygmunt Smalcerz in 2007
Personal information
Born	8 June 1941 (1941-06-08) (age 79) Bestwinka, Śląskie, Poland
Height	1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Club	AZS Warszawa Legia Warszawa
Medal record Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1972 Munich -52 kg World Weightlifting Championships 1971 Lima -52 kg 1972 Munich -52 kg 1975 Moscow -52 kg 1973 Havana -52 kg

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

1. Zygmunt Smalcerz. sports-reference
2. "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 Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Zygmunt Smalcerz at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Zygmunt Smalcerz at Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT) (in German)

Zygmunt Smalcerz on a 1972 UAE stamp