Ewa Ambroziak (9 November 1950 – 26 July 2023) was a Polish rower who competed at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
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Biography
Ewa Ambroziak
Szczecin
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, Poland was born on 9 November 1950. She graduated from the
Pedagogical University of Kraków
The Pedagogical University of Cracow ( pl, Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, UP), is named after the Commission of National Education created by King Stanisław August Poniatowski. It is a public university locate ...
. Ambroziak played in the sports club SKS . Her trainer was Ryszard Kędzierski.
Ambroziak later became a gym teacher, and Master of sport who was awarded the PZTW medals. She latterly lived in the United States. She died on 26 July 2023, at the age of 72.
Placings
* 1972 – 6th place at the European Championships in
Brandenburg
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(singles)
* 1973 – 5th place at the European Championships in
Moscow
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* 1973 – Polish champion (singles);
* 1974 – 4th place at the World Championships in
Lucerne
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(in representative talon double with
Mieczysława Franczyk)
* 1975 – 6th place at the World Championships in
Nottingham
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(singles);
* 1976 – 9th place during the Olympic Games in Montreal (singles) - fifth in the run (3: 58.09), fourth place Repechage (4: 16.74) and ninth place in the final B (4: 26.60).
See also
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Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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References
Sources
* ''Lexicon of Polish Olympians'' (
Bogdan Tuszyński, Henryk Kurzyński, 2007), the Fundacja Dobrej Książki, Warszaw 2007,
External links
Ewa Ambroziakat the
Polish Olympic Committee
The Polish Olympic Committee ( pl, Polski Komitet Olimpijski, PKOl) is the National Olympic Committee representing Poland.
History
The Polish Olympic Committee was established on 12 October 1919 and in 1919 was recognised by the International Oly ...
's website
1950 births
2023 deaths
Sportspeople from Szczecin
Polish female rowers
Olympic rowers for Poland
Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Polish emigrants to the United States
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