Franciszek Ksawery Szymczyk (21 February 1892 – 5 November 1976) was a Polish

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. He was born in

Lemberg Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is o ...

and died in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. In 1924 he won the silver as member of the Polish team in the team pursuit. He also competed in the

sprint event Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an op ...

but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

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1892 births 1976 deaths Polish male cyclists Polish track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Poland Cyclists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Poland Sportspeople from Lviv Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Polish Austro-Hungarians Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub