Janusz Gerard Pyciak-Peciak (born 9 February 1949) is a Polish

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, Olympic champion and several times world champion.

Olympics

Pyciak-Peciak competed at the

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. Four years later at the

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, he won an individual gold medal."1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Modern Pentathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 16, 2008) He finished 6th at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and the Polish team finished 4th.

World championships

Pyciak-Peciak became individual world champion in 1977 and in 1981, and received silver medals in 1978 and 1979. He won the title three times with the Polish team, in 1977, 1978 and 1981.

Awards

Pyciak-Peciak was elected

Polish Sportspersonality of the Year The Polish Sports Personality of the Year ( Polish: ''Plebiscyt Przeglądu Sportowego na najlepszego polskiego sportowca roku'') is chosen annually since 1926 by the readers of the newspaper '' Przegląd Sportowy'', which makes it the second oldes ...

1977, and again in 1981.

References

1949 births Living people Polish male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Poland Modern pentathletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Poland Sportspeople from Warsaw Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub