Jan Smyrak (born 26 November 1950) is a retired Polish and later German cyclist. He won a bronze medal in the 100 km team time trial at the

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. He competed at the

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in the individual road race, but failed to finish. He was second in the

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

in 1971 and won the

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in 1975. He became German citizen some time after the 1972 Olympics.

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1950 births Living people People from Radków Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Poland Polish male cyclists Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub