Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Zygmunt Smalcerz in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 June 1941 (age 83) 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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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]
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
- ^ a b Zygmunt Smalcerz. sports-reference
- ^ "Weightlifting Hall of Fame". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
External links
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at Lift Up
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at Olympedia
- Zygmunt Smalcerz at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)
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- 1941 births
- Polish male weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Poland
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- People from Bielsko County
- Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship
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- World Weightlifting Championships medalists
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