Andrzej Skowroński

Andrzej Skowroński (16 November 1953 – 10 December 2020) was a Polish rower. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]

Andrzej Skowroński
Personal information
NationalityPolish
Born(1953-11-16)16 November 1953
Kraków, Poland
Died10 December 2020(2020-12-10) (aged 67)[1]
Sport
SportRowing

Biography

In 1974, he graduated from the Powstańców Śląskich (Silesian Insurgents) Technical High School in Kraków and took up studies at the Academy of Physical Education. He was a representative of the AZS-AWF club in Kraków.

Sports

1979 – 8th place during the World Championships in Bled (double fours, in a team with A. Bocianowski, Ryszard Burak, Wieslaw Kujda).

1980 – 7th place during the Olympic Games in Moscow, in the quad together with Ryszard Burak, Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz and Stanislaw Wierzbicki – 6th place in the prelims (6:27.24), 5th place in the repechages (6:16.69), 1st place in the B final (5:58.63).[3]

References
  1. "Zmarł Andrzej Skowroński". Poland Rowing Federation. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020. (in Polish)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrzej Skowroński Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. Adrian. "Zmarł Andrzej Skowroński". www.pztw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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