Stefan Kapłaniak
Stefan Kapłaniak "Cenek" (10 April 1933 – 8 August 2021) was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.
.jpg.webp) Stefan Kapłaniak as a Men's K-2 1000 metres medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 April 1933 Szczawnica, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 August 2021 (aged 88) Chicago, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kapłaniak also won two gold medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, earning them in the K-1 500 m and K-2 500 m events.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
- (in Polish) Profile at Polish Olympic Committee website
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