Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Zygmunt Smalcerz in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 June 1941 (age 75) 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
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
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
- 1 2 Zygmunt Smalcerz. sports-reference
- ↑ "Weightlifting Hall of Fame". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
Zygmunt Smalcerz on a 1972 UAE stamp
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zygmunt Smalcerz. |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.